Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Also known as Mohamed Hussein Tantawy Soliman, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman
Egyptian Field marshal and former statesman (1935–2021)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Ahmed Shafik Essam Sharaf Kamal Ganzouri
- Deputy
- Sami Anan
- Preceded by
- Hosni Mubarak (as President )
- Succeeded by
- Mohamed Morsi (as President)
- Born
- ( 1935-10-31 ) 31 October 1935, Cairo , Kingdom of Egypt
- Died
- 21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) (aged 85), Cairo, Egypt
- Party
- Independent
- Alma mater
- Egyptian Military Academy
- Awards
- Liberation Order United Arab Republic Anniversary Order Distinguished Service Order Order of the Nile
- Allegiance
- Egypt
- Branch service
- Egyptian Army
- Years of service
- 1955–2012
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Muhammad Hussein Tantawi Soliman (Arabic: محمد حسين طنطاوي سليمان, romanized: Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭanṭāwī Sulaymān; 31 October 1935 – 21 September 2021) was an Egyptian field marshal and politician. He was the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and, as chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, was the de facto head of state from the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February 2011 until the inauguration of Mohamed Morsi as president of Egypt on 30 June 2012.
Tantawi served in the government as Minister of Defense and Military Production from 1991 until Morsi discharged him on 12 August 2012.
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