Mohammed Elshahat Explained

Mohammed Elshahat
Office1:	Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command
Term Start1:	April 1996
Term End1:	19 July 2001
Predecessor1:	Ahmed Abou Talib
Successor1:	Sami Hafez Anan
President1:	Hosni Mubarak
Birth Date:	1 February 1941
Allegiance:	Egypt
Branch:	Air Defense Forces
Serviceyears:	1962-2001
Rank:	Lieutenant General
Commands:	ZSU-23-2 and ZSU-23-4 Platoon Commander (1962-1966) SA-2 Battery Commander (1966-69) SA-2 and SA-3 Battalion Second-in-Command (1969-1973) Chief of Operations and Planning, 4th AD Missile Brigade(1973-75) Commander, SA-6 Battalion (1975-76) Deputy Director of Air Defence Training School (1976-1980) Commander, 3rd SAM brigade(1980-84) Military Attache to Iraq (1984-87) Commander, 1st SAM Division (1987-1993) Director of AD Operations (1993-1996)
Unit:	3rd SPAAG Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Brigade.

1- Personal Memoir

Date of Birth : 1/2/1941
Married and has four children (two sons and two daughters)

2- Military Education

Received number of advanced AD courses
AD battalion commander course from the Govorov Air Defense Academy in the Soviet Union 1969-1971
AD Brigade commander course
Staff course from command and staff college
Fellowship degree from Nasser Academy (War college)
High commander course from Nasser Academy

3- Main Posts

Commander of AD Missile Battery and Battalion during Attrition War and 6th Oct. War.
Commander of AD Missile Brigade
Commander of AD Division
Chief of AD Training Department
Director Manager of AD College
Chief of staff of AD Forces in June 1994
Commander of AD Forces in April. 1996

4- Battle Field Experience

June 1967 War
October 1973 War

5- Decoration Awarded

Medal of Excellent Service
Merit of Long Service and Good Example
Merit of Training
Merit of Military Duty

Notes and References

Web site: Elshahat. Mohammed. Lt. Gen. Mohammed Elshahat Commander of Egyptian AD Forces. mmc.gov.eg. 15 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20061202004039/http://www.mmc.gov.eg/branches/airdef/m9.htm. 2 December 2006. dead.