Mohamed Ahmed Zaki

Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
محمد أحمد زكي
46th Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 2018
President	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister	Mostafa Madbouly
Preceded by	Sedki Sobhy
Commander of the Republican Guard
In office 12 August 2012 – 14 June 2018
President	Mohamed Morsi Adly Mansour (acting) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Preceded by
Commander of the Egyptian Paratroopers
In office 18 December 2008 – 11 August 2012
President	Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (acting) Mohamed Morsi
Personal details
Born	(1956-01-29) 29 January 1956 (age 65)
Political party	Independent
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1977–present
Rank	Colonel General
Battles/wars	Gulf War

Mohamed Ahmed Zaki Mohamed (Arabic: محمد أحمد زكي محمد‎; born 29 January 1956) is an Egyptian Colonel General who has been Minister of Defense of Egypt since 14 June 2018. Zaki has previously held the command for the Egyptian Paratroopers from December 2008 to August 2012, he then became the commander of the Republican Guard Forces until June 2018.

He was sworn in on 14 June 2018, succeeding Sedki Sobhy as the minister of defense.^[1]

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