Mohamed Ahmed Zaki Mohamed ( ar, محمد أحمد زكي محمد; born 29 January 1956) is an

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ian colonel general who has been minister of defense of Egypt since 14 June 2018. Zaki previously held the command for the Egyptian Paratroopers from December 2008 to August 2012 and became the commander of the

Republican Guard A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name ''Republican'') which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous wit ...

Forces until June 2018. He was sworn in on 14 June 2018, succeeding

Sedki Sobhy Sedki Sobhy Sayyid Ahmad ( ar, صدقى صبحى سيد أحمد ) (born 12 December 1955) is an Egyptian politician and former General who was Minister of Defence of Egypt from 2014 until 2018. Sobhy previously served as the Chief of Sta ...

as the minister of defense. He was reportedly appointed as a reward for arresting former Egyptian 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 2012 2013 Egyptian coup d'état The 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat took place on 3 July 2013. Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi led a coalition to remove the democratically elected President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, from power and suspended the Egyptian constitu ...

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