Egyptian Military Academy - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel – Commander of the Egyptian 2nd Army during the Yom Kippur War.
  • Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy – Egyptian military leader and Director of Operations for all forces participating in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
  • Abdullahi Ahmed Irro – General in the Military of Somalia.
  • Hassan Abshir Farah – former Mayor of Mogadishu, Interior Minister of Puntland, and Prime Minister of Somalia.
  • Hisham Hafiz – Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher and author.
  • Hosni Mubarak – Deposed 4th President of Egypt (1981-2011).
  • Hussein el-Shafei – member of Egypt's July, 1952 revolutionary leadership council and former Vice-president of Egypt.
  • Khalid Islambouli – assassinated Anwar Sadat.
  • Omar al-Bashir – current President of Sudan.
  • Mohammed Aly Fahmy – Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command (May 1969-January 1975) and Chief-of-Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces (January 1975-October 1978).
  • Mustafa Fahmi Pasha – politician, cabinet minister, and two-time Prime Minister of Egypt.
  • Rashad Mehanna – Egyptian colonel who played a significant role in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.

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