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Egyptian Armed Forces

Egyptian Armed Forces
القوات المسلحة المصرية
El Qowat El Mosalaha El Masriya
Motto Victory or Martyrdom
Service branches
Headquarters Kobri El Oubba, Cairo, Egypt
Leadership
Supreme Commander President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Commander-in-Chief and Minister of Defence Colonel General Sedki Sobhi
Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy
Manpower
Military age 18–49 years old
Conscription 18–30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation – 18–36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 16 (2012)
Available for
military service
21,012,199 males, age 18–49 (2010.),
20,145,021 females, age 18–49 (2010.)
Fit for
military service
18,060,543 males, age 18–49 (2010.),
17,244,838 females, age 18–49 (2010.)
Reaching military
age annually
783,405 males (2010.),
748,647 females (2010.)
Active personnel 438,500 (ranked 10th – 11th)
Reserve personnel 479,000 In addition paramilitary 397,000
Deployed personnel Over 2613 deployed in 24 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
Expenditures
Budget 56.1 billion (~US$7.85 billion)
Percent of GDP 1.76% (2014 est.)
Industry
Domestic suppliers
Foreign suppliers
Related articles
History
Ranks

The Egyptian Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة المصرية‎‎; Arabic pronunciation: [el qowat el mosalaha el masriya]) are the military forces of Egypt and are one of the largest in Africa, the Middle East, and the world. They consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Forces.

The supreme commander of the armed forces is the President of the Republic as provided for in the Egyptian constitution. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces consists of 23 to 25 members, headed by the Commander-in-Chief and Defence Minister and his deputy, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. Members of the council are formed of the leaders of the five main military branches, the Second and Third Army commanders, the military region commanders, along with the heads of the upper bodies (Chief of OperationsArmingReinforcement and LogisticsEngineeringTrainingFinanceMilitary JusticeManagement and Administration), administrative managers (Military Intelligence and Director of Morale Affairs) and the Assistant Defense Secretary for Constitutional and Legal Affairs and Secretary General of the Department of Defense (Secretary of the Council).


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