Ministry of Defense

وزارة الدفاع
Coat of arms of Egypt
Agency overview
Formed	14 May 1971
Jurisdiction	Government of Egypt
Headquarters	The Octagon, New Administrative Capital
Minister responsible	Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
Website	http://www.mod.gov.eg

The Egyptian Ministry of Defense is the ministry responsible for the Egyptian Armed Forces organization and manages its affairs and maintains its facilities. It also handles the affairs of colleges and military recruitment, mobilization and management of veterans and military factories in Egypt through the Armed Forces Management and Administration Agency. Egypt's Ministry of Defense is based in Cairo and the headquarters is called The Octagon, located in the New Administrative Capital.^[1]

List of ministers

The following is a list of ministers of Defence of Egypt since the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. The position was known until 14 May 1971 as the Minister of War. The Minister direct the Egyptian Armed Forces. Article 201 of the Constitution of Egypt states that the Minister is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and shall be appointed from among its officers.^[2]

No.	Portrait	Minister	Title	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Ref.
1		Naguib, MohamedMajor General Mohamed Naguib (1901–1984)	Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief (1952) Minister of War and the Navy, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief (1952–1953)	24 July 1952	18 July 1953	359 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
2		Boghdadi, Abdel LatifWing Commander Abdel Latif Boghdadi (1917–1999)	Minister of War	8 July 1953	7 April 1954	273 days	Egyptian Air Force	[3]
3		Amer, Abdel HakimMajor General Abdel Hakim Amer (1919–1967)	Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief	7 April 1954	31 August 1954	146 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
4		el-Shafei, HusseinLieutenant Colonel Hussein el-Shafei (1918–2005)	Minister of War	17 April 1954	31 August 1954	45 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
(3)		Amer, Abdel HakimField Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer (1919–1967)	Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief (1954–1956) Vice President of the Republic, Minister of War, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief (1956–1962)	31 August 1954	29 September 1962	8 years, 29 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
5		el-Beshry, Abdel WahabAbdel Wahab el-Beshry	Minister of War	29 September 1962	10 September 1966	3 years, 346 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
6		Badran, ShamsShams Badran (1929–2020)	Minister of War	10 September 1966	10 June 1967	273 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
–		el-Beshry, Abdel WahabAbdel Wahab el-Beshry Acting	Minister of War	19 June 1967	22 July 1967	33 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
7		Howeidi, AminAmin Howeidi (1921–2009)	Minister of War	22 July 1967	24 February 1968	217 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
8		Fawzi, MohamedGeneral Mohamed Fawzi (1915–2000)	Minister of War, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief	24 February 1968	14 May 1971	3 years, 79 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
9		Sadek, Mohammed AhmedGeneral Mohammed Ahmed Sadek (1917–1991)	Minister of War, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief	14 May 1971	26 October 1972	1 year, 165 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
10		Ali, Ahmad IsmailGeneral Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974)	Minister of War	26 October 1972	28 December 1974 †	2 years, 63 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
11		el-Gamasy, Mohamed Abdel GhaniGeneral Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1921–2003)	Minister of War, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief	28 December 1974	4 October 1978	3 years, 280 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
12		Ali, Kamal HassanGeneral Kamal Hassan Ali (1921–1993)	Minister of Defense and Military Production, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief	4 October 1978	13 May 1980	1 year, 222 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
13		Badawi, AhmedLieutenant General Ahmed Badawi (1927–1981)	Minister of Defense and Military Production, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief	14 May 1980	3 March 1981 †	293 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
14		Ghazala, Abd Al-Halim AbuField Marshal Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala (1930–2008)	Minister of Defense and Military Production, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief	4 March 1981	15 April 1989	8 years, 42 days	Egyptian Army	[3][4][5]
15		Abu Taleb, Youssef SabriLieutenant General Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb (1929–2008)	Minister of Defense and Military Production, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief	15 April 1989	20 May 1991	2 years, 35 days	Egyptian Army	[3]
16		Tantawi, MuhammadField Marshal Muhammad Tantawi (1935–2021)	Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Defense and Military Production	20 May 1991	12 August 2012	21 years, 84 days	Egyptian Army	[3][6]
17		el-Sisi, Abdel FattahField Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (born 1954)	Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Defense and Military Production	12 August 2012	26 March 2014	1 year, 226 days	Egyptian Army	[3][7]
18		Sobhy, SedkiGeneral Sedki Sobhy (born 1955)	Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Defense and Military Production	27 March 2014	14 June 2018	4 years, 79 days	Egyptian Army	[3][8]
19		Zaki, Mohamed AhmedGeneral Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (born 1956)	Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Defense and Military Production	14 June 2018	Incumbent	5 years, 271 days*	Egyptian Army	[9]

* Incumbent's time in office last updated: 11 March 2024.

Timeline

Agencies and departments

• Armed Forces Arming Authority
• Armed Forces Engineering Authority
• Armed Forces Finance Authority
• Armed Forces Logistics Authority
• Armed Forces Management and Administration
• Armed Forces Training Authority
• Military Operations Authority
• Military justice
• Morale Affairs