Egypt
In Egypt the President of the Republic holds the ceremonial title of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, currently Mohamed Morsi. A member of the Government, usually Minister for Defence, is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the incumbent being Abdul-Fatah Al-Sisi. The President still remains the only individual capable of declaring war. Until the election of Morsi in June 2012, prior Egyptian presidents had all been former military officers, and during the Yom Kippur War the President played a major role at all levels of the planning of the war, and was in a literal sense Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces giving direct orders to the commanders from the headquarters during the war as field marshal of the army, colonel general of the air force and air defence forces and admiral of the navy. Anwar el-Sadat often wore his military uniform, while former president Hosni Mubarak had abandoned this tradition.
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