Zaher Abd El-Rahman

Lieutenant general Mohamed Zaher Abdelrahman or Zaher Abdelrahman (arabic: زاهر عبدالرحمن) born on September 12, 1935, is an Egyptian military officer who has held many military and government positions.

Zaher Abd El-Rahman
زاهر عبد الرحمن
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Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command
In office
December 1990 – April 1993
PresidentHosni Mubarak
Preceded byMostafa El-Shazly
Succeeded byAhmed Abou Talib
Personal details
Born (1935-09-12) 12 September 1935 (age 89)
Cairo
Military service
Allegiance Egypt
Branch/service Air Defense Forces
Years of service1955-1993
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit6th Combat Engineering Regiment
Commands17th Air Defense Battalion (1973-76)
Battles/wars6th of October حرب أكتوبر

Zaher Abd El-Rahman was Commander of the Egyptian Air Defence Forces from 1990 until 1993. He graduated from the Military College in October 1955 and was commissioned into an Engineering regiment. He served as a combat engineer officer in an engineering battalions in Yemen. He was inducted into the Air Defense Forces in 1968 and completed the Air Defense officer's basic course in 1969 and Higher Command course in 1971. He was commander of the Air Defence Forces from Dec. 1990 to April 1993. [1][2]

He served as the Governor of Matrouh Governorate from 1993 to 1995 and the governor of the Red Sea Governorate from 1996 to 1997.

He also served as the Chairman of Al-Zohour Sporting club where he oversaw the construction of the New Cairo branch.[3]

Zaher Abd El-Rahman was chief of a SAM Battalion during the war of 1973. Augmenting JY-9A and TPS 59/34 radar systems to the Air defence forces. Starting the operation of Eastern sector of command, control and communication system of the Air defence forces. He participated in the Six-Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

  1. ^ El-Rahman, Zaher Abd. "Biography of Zaher Abd El-Rahman". www.mmc.gov.eg/branches/airdef/m6.htm. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. ^ "الفريق زاهر عبد الرحمن:حماة السماء أسقطوا ٤٤ طائرة إسرائيلية في أول ٥ ساعات من الحرب". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  3. ^ الاعضاء, اتحاد (2017-11-29). "رئيس نادى الزهور: كنت أتمنى تسميه فرع التجمع الخامس باسم الفريق زاهر". ملتقى أعضاء أندية مصر (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-07-15.