Magdy Hatata

Hatata was born in 1941.^[2][3] He received a master of arts degree in military science and a fellowship of the Nasser Military Academy’s Higher War College.^[4]

He served as the commander of the second field army.^[5] He also headed the Republican Guard being the fifth commander of the guard under Mubarak.^[5][6] He was one of the military personnel fought against Israel in 1973.^[4]

Hatata was promoted to the rank of the lieutenant general.^[7] He was appointed chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces on 31 October 1995 replacing Salah Halabi in the post.^[7] Hatata held the post until 31 October 2001 when Hamdy Wahiba was appointed to the post.^[7][8] The same year Hatata was named by the President Hosni Mubarak as the head of Arab Organization for Industrialization.^[6] After leaving the office Hatata taught at the Egyptian Army’s Command and General Staff College.^[4]

In 2011, he was implicated as one of the presidential candidates.^[4] However, he declared in December 2011 that he would not run for the office.^[5]