Sedki Sobhy
| Sedki Sobhy Sayyid Ahmed صدقى صبحى سيد أحمد |
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| 45th Minister of Defence | |
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Assumed office 26 March 2014 |
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| President |
Adly Mansour (Interim) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Prime Minister |
Ibrahim Mahlab Sherif Ismail |
| Preceded by | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Egypt | |
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Assumed office 26 March 2014 |
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| President |
Adly Mansour (Acting) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Prime Minister | Ibrahim Mahlab |
| Preceded by | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces | |
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In office 12 August 2012 – 26 March 2014 |
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| President |
Mohamed Morsi Adly Mansour (Acting) |
| Commander | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Preceded by | Sami Hafez Anan |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Hegazy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1955 |
| Political party | Independent |
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| Allegiance |
 Egypt
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| Service/branch | Egyptian Army |
| Years of service | 1976–present |
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| Battles/wars |
Gulf War Sinai Insurgency 2015 Egyptian military intervention in Libya Intervention in Yemen |
Sedki Sobhy Sayyid Ahmad (Arabic: صدقى صبحى سيد أحمد pronounced [ˈsˤedʔi ˈsˤobħi ˈsæj.jed ˈæħmæd]) (born 12 December 1955) is an Egyptian General who has been Ministers of Defence of Egypt since 2014. Sobhy previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces from August 2012 to March 2014. He also commanded the Third Army for a time.
He was sworn in as Minister of Defence in March 2014 after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the presidency.
In 2004-5 Sedki Sobhy studied for a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. While there he wrote a paper recommending that the United States withdraw its military from the Middle East and concentrate instead on socio-economic aid for the region. The paper was posted on a US Department of Defense website, where it was noticed by analyst Issandr El Amrani.
After the 2013 Egyptian coup, Sedki Sobhy spoke by telephone on 4 July 2013 with Martin Dempsey, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and had spoken twice with him by 8 July.
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