| Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (Arabic: محمد عبد الغني الجمسي) |
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| Field Marshal Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy, The Commander in Chief of The Armed Forces | |
| Minister of Defence of Egypt | |
| In office 1974–1978 |
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| President | Anwar El-Sadat |
| Prime Minister | Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi Mamdouh Salem |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Ismail Ali |
| Succeeded by | Kamal Hassan Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 September 1921 |
| Died | 7 June 2003 (aged 81) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Egypt |
| Service/branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1939—1978 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces |
| Battles/wars | World War II Suez Crisis Six-Day War Yom Kippur War |
| Awards | 24 Order, Medal and Ribbon from Egypt and other countries |
Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (Arabic: محمد عبد الغني الجمسي) was an Egyptian Field Marshal (Mushir) and The Commander in Chief of The Armed Forces.
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El Gamasy was born on 9 September 1921 in Batanoon, Monufia Governorate, Egypt. He was the only one from his five sisters and a brother to get a complete education due to the high cost of education at the time and free education was not implemented yet. Upon completion of high school, he joined the Egyptian Military Academy and graduated in 1939.
El Gamasy was well known for being the director of operations for all forces participating in the 1973 October War. He was also appointed by Anwar Sadat as the head of the group that participated in the disengagement talks on October 28, at "Kilometer 101". He reportedly being sad for the lost souls at the war when the American secretary of state Henry Kissinger announced that the president Sadat agreed to pull the main part of the Egyptian forces from the east side of the Suez Canal in exchange of the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the west side of the Suez Canal and retreat back into the depth of Sinai.
On 7 June 2003, El Gamasy died in a hospital in Cairo after a long battle with illness.