Major General Abbas Kamel (In Arabic: عباس كامل; b. 1957) is the current Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate (EGID). He was previously the Chief of Staff to the President.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Abbas Kamel | |
|---|---|
| Director of the General Intelligence Directorate | |
| Assumed office 28 June 2018 | |
| President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Preceded by | Khaled Fawzy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Egypt |
| Branch/service | Egyptian Army |
| Rank | 
Major General |
| Battles/wars | Gulf War |
Education
Abbas Kamel graduated from War College in 1978 with an Officer of the Panzer Corps.
He received the advanced armament course from the United States of America, as well as the necessary scientific qualification from the Courses and Teams of the Inevitable and the Courses of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Egypt.
Career
Kamel was the Deputy Egyptian Defense Attaché at the Egyptian Embassy in Czech Republic.
He is represented in the Military Intelligence and Enlightenment Department of the Military Attaché Department until assuming the chairmanship of the branch.
He has received strategy course for military attachés from the Geneva Institute for Security Policy
Kamel has been the Director of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces since 2012 and from 2014 until his appointment as Head of the General Intelligence Service.
He was honored with the longest service medal and a second-class Republican medal, as well as a medal from the Brazilian State.
Reference
- ^ "Abbas Kamel - EgyptToday". www.egypttoday.com. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Sisi appoints Abbas Kamel as acting intelligence chief". EgyptToday. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Egypt appoints new military intelligence chief". Arab News. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Sisi sacks Egypt's spymaster days after embarrassing leaks". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "StackPath". dailynewsegypt.com. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Sisi names Major General Abbas Kamel as acting intelligence chief". www.sis.gov.eg. Retrieved 28 March 2021.