Mourad Mouwafi or Muwafi ( ar, مراد موافي; born 2 February 1950) is an Egyptian

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and

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. Mouwafi was also the governor of Northern Sinai during a 2011 uprising in the region. He was appointed the Director of the Egyptian Intelligence shortly before the end of the

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. He was dismissed by former 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 Egyptian Military Academy The Egyptian Military Academy ( ar, الكلية الحربية) is the oldest and most prominent military academy in Egypt. Traditionally, graduates of the Military Academy are commissioned as officers in the Egyptian Army. However, they may se ...

, where he graduated in 1970 (class no.57). * Joined Egyptian Special Forces (The Thunderbolt) and served for sixteen years. * Earned a special certificate in special operations and climbing mountains from

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Positions

# Participated in the

War of Attrition The War of Attrition ( ar, حرب الاستنزاف, Ḥarb al-Istinzāf; he, מלחמת ההתשה, Milhemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from ...

. # Participated in the October war 1973. # Teacher in the Special Forces. # Wing Commander in the School of Special Forces. # Commander of an infantry battalion (1987–1989). # Seconded to an Arab country for four years in the framework of the exchange of military expertise during the

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

. # Brigade Commander (1993–1995). # Commander of the mechanic infantry division at the Second Army (1998–2000). # Director of the Military Intelligence Service. # Governor of Northern Sinai (January 2010–January 2011). # Appointed as a Director of the Egyptian Intelligence by former President

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on 31 January 2011 after the previous Director Omar Suleiman was appointed as a

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Awards

# The decoration of the Republic of Egypt of the second level # Order of Military Duty of the second level # Long Service and Good Example Medal # Order of Duty of the first level # Medal of Excellent Service # Medal of Great Chevalier from the President of the Republic of France

Family life

Mourad Mouwafi married in 1978 and had three children.

Dismissal

In 2012, a deadly attack was carried out by suspected

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near the Gaza-Israel-Egypt border. Mouwafi revealed that Israel's General Intelligence has provided information to all relevant state authorities on the plot to assassinate 17 Egyptian recruits during the month of Ramadan at mealtime in the Egyptian

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. As a result, former President

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on 8 August 2012.

Politics

Moufawi was involved with electoral alliance plans during the

2015 Egyptian parliamentary election Egyptian parliamentary elections to the House of Representatives were held in two phases, from 17 October to 2 December 2015. The elected parliament will be entrusted with the task of reviewing the laws that were passed while a parliament was no ...

. It was reported that he intended to establish his own political party that would support Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi should he win the election. Later, Mouwafi was floated as one of the names being supported by the United Arab Emirates to replace al-Sisi based on leaked strategy document.

References

External links

Cairo's Undercover Strongman
- Foreign Policy 1950 births Living people Politicians from Alexandria Directors of the General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt) Egyptian Military Academy alumni Directors of the Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance (Egypt) Egyptian people of the Yom Kippur War Governors of North Sinai {{egypt-bio-stub