Mohamed Ahmed Zaki | |
Office1: | 46th Minister of Defence |
President1: | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
Primeminister1: | Mostafa Madbouly |
Term Start1: | 14 June 2018 |
Term End1: | 2 July 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Sedki Sobhy |
Successor1: | Abdel Mageed Saqr |
Office2: | Commander of the Republican Guard |
President2: | Mohamed Morsi Adly Mansour (acting) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
Term Start2: | 12 August 2012 |
Term End2: | 14 June 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Naguib Abdel-Salam |
Office3: | Commander of the Egyptian Paratroopers |
President3: | Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (acting) Mohamed Morsi |
Term Start3: | 18 December 2008 |
Term End3: | 11 August 2012 |
1Blankname3: | Commander |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1956 |
Party: | Independent |
Allegiance: | Egypt |
Serviceyears: | 1977–present |
Rank: | Colonel general |
Battles: | Gulf War |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Mohamed Ahmed Zaki Mohamed (ar|محمد أحمد زكي محمد; born 29 January 1956) is an Egyptian colonel general who was minister of defense of Egypt from June 14, 2018, to July 2, 2024. He previously held the command for the Egyptian Paratroopers from December 2008 to August 2012 and became the commander of the Republican Guard Forces until June 2018.
Zaki was sworn in on 14 June 2018, succeeding Sedki Sobhy as the minister of defense.[1] His appointment may have been a reward for arresting former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.[2] [3]