Ahmed Mohammed Ali | |
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Media Adviser to the Egyptian President | |
Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
Prime Minister | Ibrahim Mahlab |
Preceded by | Ahmed el-Moslmani |
1st Spokesperson for the Egyptian Armed Forces | |
In office 8 September 2012 – 1 July 2014 |
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President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
Prime Minister | Ibrahim Mahlab |
Preceded by | Vacant |
Succeeded by | Mohamed Samir |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cairo |
19 November 1972
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch | Egyptian Army |
Years of service | 1 July 1991-July 2014 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Infantry |
Battles/wars | Sinai insurgency |
Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Ali (Arabic: العقيد أحمد محمد علي; also known as Ahmed Ali; born: 19 November 1972) is the media adviser to the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the ex spokesperson of the Egyptian Army. He was appointed first Army Sopkesman on the backdrop of the deposition of president Mohamed Morsi, and his official Army Spokesman Facebook page exceeded 2,000,000 followers at the time, and the Egyptian media kept a close and attentive watch of the statuses published by the army, often resulting in army related articles and reports.
Ali finished his studies at Egypt's military college in 1991. Afterwards he served in the Egyptian army's infantry corps, where he held various positions, including regiment commander. He then assumed a position with the military college's teaching facility, as well as that of the army's general command and officer's school.