General Sedki Sobhy
صدقي صبحي
45thMinister of Defence[1]
In office 26 March 2014 – 14 June 2018
President	Adly Mansour(Interim) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister	Ibrahim Mahlab Sherif Ismail[2]
Preceded by	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Succeeded by	Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
Commander-In-Chief of theArmed Forces
In office 26 March 2014[1] – 14 June 2018
President	Adly Mansour(Acting) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister	Ibrahim Mahlab Sherif Ismail Mostafa Madbouly
Preceded by	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Succeeded by	Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
Chief of Staff of theArmed Forces
In office 12 August 2012 – 26 March 2014
President	Mohamed Morsi Adly Mansour(Acting)
Commander	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Preceded by	Sami Hafez Anan
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Hegazy
Personal details
Born	(1955-12-12)12 December 1955 (age 69) Menouf,Republic of Egypt
Political party	Independent
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1976–2018
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Gulf War Sinai Insurgency 2015 Egyptian military intervention in Libya Intervention in Yemen

Sedki Sobhy Sayyid Ahmad (Egyptian Arabic:صدقى صبحى سيد أحمد pronounced[ˈsˤedʔiˈsˤobħiˈsæj.jedˈæħmæd]; born 12 December 1955) is an Egyptian politician and formerGeneral who wasMinister of Defence of Egypt from 2014 until 2018. Sobhy previously served as theChief of Staff of the Armed Forces from August 2012 to March 2014. He was sworn in as Minister of Defence in March 2014 afterAbdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the presidency.^[3] He also commanded theThird Army for a time.^[4]

• Bachelor of military sciences,Egyptian Military Academy^[5]
• The Advanced course,Egyptian Military Academy^[5]
• The sophisticated course,Egyptian Military Academy^[5]
• M.A. of Military sciences, Egyptian Joint Command and staff college^[5]
• War Course, Fellowship of the Higher War College,Nasser's Military Sciences Academy^[5]
• Basic Infantry scholarship,United States^[5]
• Advanced Infantry scholarship,United States^[5]
• Training planning course,United States^[5]
• War Course,US Army War College, United States^[5]
• Multinational forces course,Germany^[5]

• Mechanized Infantry Battalion, Commander.^[5]
• Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Chief of staff.^[5]
• Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Commander.^[5]
• Mechanized Infantry Division, Chief of Staff.^[5]
• Mechanized Infantry Division, commander.^[5]
• Third Army, Chief, Operations branch.^[5]
• Third Army, Chief of Staff.^[5]
• Third Army, Commander.^[5]

In 2004–2005 Sedki Sobhy studied for a Master's Degree inStrategic Studies at theUS Army War College inCarlisle, Pennsylvania.^[6] While there he wrote a paper recommending that the United States withdraw its military from theMiddle East and concentrate instead on socio-economic aid for the region. The paper was posted on aUS Department of Defense website, where it was noticed by analystIssandr El Amrani.^[7]

After the2013 Egyptian coup, Sedki Sobhy spoke by telephone on 4 July 2013 withMartin Dempsey, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,^[8] and had spoken twice with him by 8 July.^[9]

• 25 April Decoration (Liberation of Sinai)^[5]
• Distinguished Service Decoration^[5]
• Military Duty Decoration, Second Class^[5]
• Military Duty Decoration, First Class^[5]
• Longevity and Exemplary Medal^[5]
• Liberation of Kuwait Medal^[5]
• Silver Jubilee of October War Medal^[5]
• Golden Jubilee of the 23rd of July Revolution^[5]
• Silver Jubilee of the Liberation of Sinai Medal^[5]
• 25 January Revolution Medal^[5]

• 1955 births
• Living people
• Chiefs of the General Staff (Egypt)
• Defence ministers of Egypt
• Egyptian Military Academy alumni
• 21st-century Egyptian politicians
• 21st-century Egyptian military personnel

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