Khaled Fawzy

Major General Khaled Fawzy (In Arabic: خالد فوزي; b. 1957) is a former Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate (EGID). He was the head of the national security agency since 2013.[4][5][1]

Khaled Fawzy
Director of the General Intelligence Directorate
In office
21 December 2014[1] – 28 June 2018[2]
PresidentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi
Preceded byMohamed Fareed
Succeeded byAbbas Kamel[3]
Personal details
Born1957
NationalityEgyptian
Military service
Allegiance Egypt
Branch/serviceEgyptian Army
Rank Major General
Battles/warsGulf War

Biography

He was born in 1957, in 1978 he was graduated from Military Science Military Academy, joined the EGID in 1982, stayed in service till he reached the rank of Major General, and then pushed through to the post of head of the National Security in 2013,

Fawzy rose to be head of the National Security Authority, EGIS's counterintelligence am responsible for investigating espionage and protecting state secrets.[1]

Fawzi was named head of EGIS effective 21 December 2014, replacing Mohamed Farid El-Tohamy.[1][6] As the service's head, Fawzy hired two lobbying companies to improve the service's image in the United States.[7]

Fawzy was fired by el-Sisi in a one-line statement in January 2018 and replaced by Abbas Kamel, a confidant and his chief of staff.[8] The reason for Fawzy's sacking was not identified by Egyptian officials, but came several days after a New York Times published a report describing phone calls in which an alleged Egyptian intelligence officer is instructing talk show hosts to convince their audiences to accept Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. For their part, Egyptian media claimed Fawzy was stepping down for health reasons.[6]

References
  1. Fahmy, Nourhan (2014-12-21). "Al-Sisi appoints new Director of Intelligence Agency". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. "Egypt's PM to deliver gov't policy statement before Parliament on Tuesday". EgyptToday. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. "Egypt appoints presidential aide as intelligence chief - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  4. Kirkpatrick, David D. (2014-12-21). "Egypt's President Replaces Influential Intelligence Chief". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  5. "Egypt President appoints new acting head of intelligence agency – Politics – Egypt – Ahram Online". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  6. "Sisi Assigns Head of His Office to Run General Intelligence Service". Al-Sharq al-Aswat. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  7. Accorsi, Alessandro (2017-03-06). "Egypt's spies hire Washington lobbyists to boost image". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  8. "Egyptian president sacks intel chief, appoints replacement". Associated Press. Times of Israel. 2018-01-18. Retrieved 9 October 2023.


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