Sedki Sobhy

General Sedki Sobhy
صدقى صبحى سيد أحمد
45th Minister of Defence[1]
In office 26 March 2014 – 14 June 2018
President	Adly Mansour (Interim) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister	Ibrahim Mahlab Sherif Ismail[2]
Preceded by	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Succeeded by	Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces
In office 26 March 2014[1] – 14 June 2018
President	Adly Mansour (Acting) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister	Ibrahim Mahlab Sherif Ismail Mostafa Madbouly
Preceded by	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Succeeded by	Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
In office 12 August 2012 – 26 March 2014
President	Mohamed Morsi Adly Mansour (Acting)
Commander	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Preceded by	Sami Hafez Anan
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Hegazy
Personal details
Born	(1955-12-12) 12 December 1955 (age 68) Menouf, Republic of Egypt
Political party	Independent
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1976–2018
Rank	General
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 politician and former General who was Minister of Defence of Egypt from 2014 until 2018. Sobhy previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces from August 2012 to March 2014. He was sworn in as Minister of Defence in March 2014 after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the presidency.^[3] He also commanded the Third Army for a time.^[4]