Abdul Meniem Al-Toras

Abdul Meniem Al-Toras
عبد المنعم التراس
Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command
Assumed office
14 ِAugust 2012
President Mohamed Morsi
Preceded by Abd El Aziz Seif-Eldeen
Military service
Allegiance  Egypt
Service/branch Air Defense Forces
Years of service 1972- present[1]
Rank

Lieutenant General[2]
Unit 22nd Air Defense Battallion (SA-3)
Commands

SA-6 missiles Battalion
SAM Brigade
Chief of Staff of an Air defense Division

Dean of the Air Defense college
Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Air Defence command[3]
Battles/wars Yom Kippur War

Abdul Meniem Al-Toras is the current Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command. He graduated from the Air Defense college in 1972, and saw action in the Yom Kippur War. He is the first commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces who graduated from the Air Defense College and was commissioned in the Air Defense Forces as a separated military branch. All previous commanders-in-chief were graduates of the Army academy and were commissioned in Army units, in fact many of them were commissioned in non-AD units like Armour, Artillery, Infantry, and Signals. He held most of the notable commands in the Egyptian Air Defense.[3] On 14 August 2012 President Mohamed Morsi Appointed him as the new Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Air Defence command after he dismissed Lt. General Abd El Aziz Seif-Eldeen.[4] He is a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which was reorganized in September 2012.[5]

Military education

Medals and Decorations

Military offices
Preceded by
Abd El Aziz Seif-Eldeen
Commander of the Egyptian Air Defence Forces
14 ِAugust 2012 - present
Incumbent

References

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