COMMANDER -IN- CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES
MINISTER OF DEFENSES AND MILITARY PRODUCTION
Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Name Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman
Service Infantry
Date of Birth October 31st, 1935
Date of Commission April 1st, 1956
Higher Military Qualifications Masters Degree, Military Science.
Fellowship, High War College.
MAJOR COMMAND POSITIONS
Commander, Infantry Battalion.
Chief of Operations, Infantry Division.
Military Attache to Pakistan.
Chief, Planning Branch, Operations Department, Field Army.
Chief, Operations Branch, Operations Department, Field Army.
Commander, Infantry Brigade.
Chief, Operations Branch, Armed Forces Operations Authority.
Commander, Mechanized Infantry Division.
Chief, Planning Branch, Armed Forces, Operations Authority.
Chief of Staff, Field Army.
Commander, Field Army.
Commander, Presidential Guard.
Chief, Armed Forces Operations Authority.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of Defence and Military Production.
COMBAT SERVICE
1956 WAR.
1967 WAR.
1973 WAR.
MEDALS & DECORATIONS
Liberation Order.
United Arab Republic Anniversary Order.
Distinguished Service Order (Pakistani).
End of Occupation Decoration.
Military Independence Decoration.
Victory Decoration.
April 25th Decoration.
Military Duty Decoration, Second Class.
Training Decoration.
Distinguishded Service Decoration.
Military Bravery Decoration, Second Class.
Longevity Medal.
Army Day Medal.
Combat Injury Medal.
The Tenth Anniversary of the Revolution Medal.
The Twentieth Anniversary of the Revolution Medal.
October Sixth Medal.
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Egyptian).
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwaiti).
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi).
Saudi Combat Decoration.
The Tunisian Medal.
The Pakistani Medal.