Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi Soliman
Jeshi al Misri latwa madaraka na mkuu wa Baraza la Juu la Kijeshi- Higher(Supreme) Military Council ni Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman ndiye kiongozi wa serikali ya kijeshi nchni Misri:
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman (Arabic: محمد حسين طنطاوى‎; born 31 October 1935) is an Egyptian military officer. He holds the rank of Field Marshal and has served in the government of Egypt as Minister of Defense and Military Production since 1991; he is commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
Tantawi received his commission on 1 April 1956 serving in the infantry, and he participated in the wars of 1956, 1967, and 1973. He held various commands and was assigned as military attaché to Pakistan. Following the dismissal of Lt. General Yousef Sabry Abo Taleb, Tantawi was appointed as Minister of Defense and Military Production and commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces on May 20, 1991; he became the first Egyptian since 1989 with the rank of Field Marshal. In that period, he also participated in the First Gulf War on the coalition side.
As of 2011, Tantawi is seen as a possible contender for the Egyptian presidency.[1] Amidst the 2011 Egyptian protests, Tantawi was promoted to the ministerial rank of Deputy Prime Minister, while retaining the defense portfolio, on 31 January 2011.
On 11 February, 2011 President Hosni Mubarak resigned and transferred authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, led by Tantawi. The council will rule with the Supreme Constitutional Council, and dissolve the Egyptian parliament.[2]
Tantawi has served as Commander of the Presidential Guard and Chief of the Operations Authority of the Armed Forces.
Jenerali Omar Suleiman aliyekuwa Makamu wa Raisi wa Hosni Mubarak:
Makamu wa Raisi wa Hosni alikuwa Jenerali Omar Suleiman ambaye kabla ya hapo alikuwa mkuu wa Idara ya Usalama wa taifa wa Misri:
Omar Suleiman (Arabic: عمر سليمان‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʕomɑɾ seleˈmæːn]; born July 2, 1936) was the Vice President of Egypt for about two weeks in 2011. Suleiman was appointed to the position by President Hosni Mubarak on January 29, 2011, and served until February 11, 2011, when the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces assumed power.[3] On February 10, 2011, according to Egypt's ambassador to the U.S., Suleiman was made de facto head of state under article 82 of the Egypt's constitution, assuming all powers of the presidency.[4] The following day Suleiman announced Mubarak's resignation and power was transferred to Egypt's Armed Forces Supreme Council.[5]
From 1993 until his appointment as Vice President, General Suleiman was Minister without Portfolio and Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate(fungua ipitie ujue zaidi) (EGID), the national intelligence agency(fungua ipitie ujue zaidi). Prior to heading the intelligence service, Suleiman was a military and military intelligence(fungua ipitie ujue zaidi) officer.
General Hosni Mubarak a man with 9 lives who couldn't escaped from peoples' power to resign.
He survived 10 attempts on his life, and at 82 his health was a subject of speculation. But in the end, it was his people who brought down Egypt's modern-day pharaoh.
Pulling off a second surprise in as many days, President Hosni Mubarak on Friday stepped down and handed over power to the army from whose ranks he emerged, his deputy Omar Suleiman announced on television.
Late Thursday when he had been expected to quit, Mubarak said in a televised speech he would stay on until September, to the fury of hundreds of thousands of demonstrators waiting to celebrate in central Cairo.
The party was delayed for one day, in an emotional roller-coaster for the mostly youthful demonstrators.
Until the outbreak of anti-government protests on January 25, Mubarak seemed insurmountable as president of the most populous nation in the Arab world.
His rise to power came unexpectedly, when his predecessor Anwar Sadat -- who made history by signing a peace deal with Israel -- was gunned down by Islamist militants on October 6, 1981 during a military parade in Cairo.
He took office a week after the assassination, and since then he ruled without interruption under a draconian emergency law that remains in force.
