Abdul Meniem Al-Toras
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Abdul Meniem Al-Toras is the former Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command. He graduated from the Air Defense college in 1972, and saw action in the
Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...
. He is the first commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces who graduated from the Air Defense College and was commissioned in the Air Defense Forces as a separated military branch. All previous commanders-in-chief were graduates of the Army academy and were commissioned in Army units, in fact many of them were commissioned in non-AD units like Armour, Artillery, Infantry, and Signals. He held most of the notable commands in the Egyptian Air Defense. On 14 August 2012 President
Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012Abd El Aziz Seif-Eldeen. He is a member of the
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF; ar, المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة, ', also Higher Council of the Armed Forces) is a statutory body of between 20 and 25 senior Egyptian military officers and is headed by Fi ...
, which was reorganized in September 2012.Ahmed Aboul Enein
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'', September 3, 2012.


Military education

* The Main Course * Brigades fire leader Course * Battalions fire leader Course * Main Staff Course * War Course, Fellowship of the Higher War College, Nasser's Military Sciences Academy


Medals and decorations

* Sinai Liberation Medal * Longevity and Exemplary Medal * Distinguished Service Decoration * Training medal * * October Fighters Medal * The 20th anniversary of the revolution Medal * The 50th anniversary of the revolution Medal * Air Defense's Day Medal * Silver Jubilee of October war's victory Medal


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Toras, Abdul Meniem Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Egyptian generals Members of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Egyptian people of the Yom Kippur War 20th-century Egyptian military personnel