Ahmed Mohammed Ali

Ahmed Mohammed Ali
Media Adviser to the Egyptian President
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2014
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab
Preceded by Ahmed el-Moslmani
1st Spokesperson for the Egyptian Armed Forces
In office
8 September 2012  1 July 2014
President Muhammed Morsi

Adly Mansour
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil

Hazem Al Beblawi
Ibrahim Mahlab

Preceded by Vacant
Succeeded by Mohamed Samir
Personal details
Born 19 November 1972
Cairo
Religion Sunni Islam
Military service
Allegiance  Egypt
Service/branch Egyptian Army
Years of service 1 July 1991-July 2014
Rank

Colonel

Unit Infantry
Battles/wars Sinai insurgency

Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Ali (Arabic: العقيد أحمد محمد على; also known as Ahmed Ali; born: 19 November 1972) is the media adviser to the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the ex spokesperson of the Egyptian Army. [1] He was appointed first Army Sopkesman on the backdrop of the deposition of president Mohamed Morsi, and his official Army Spokesman Facebook page exceeded 2,000,000 followers at the time,[1][2] and the Egyptian media kept a close and attentive watch of the statuses published by the army, often resulting in army related articles and reports.[1]

Ali finished his studies at Egypt's military college in 1991. Afterwards he served in the Egyptian army's infantry corps, where he held various positions, including regiment commander. He then assumed a position with the military college's teaching facility, as well as that of the army's general command and officer's school.[1]

Qualifications

Orders, decorations and medals

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roi Kais (13 August 2013). "Egyptian army's spokesperson garners Facebook 'likes'". Yediot Ahronot. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. Official facebook page