Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

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The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is Egypt’s highest military body, which assumed de facto control of the country during the transitional period following the 2011 revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governmental body
military council
alsoLocatedIn Asia (Sinai Peninsula part of Egypt)
assumedDeFactoControlAfter resignation of President Hosni Mubarak
assumedDeFactoControlOn 2011-02-11
assumedPowerDuring 2011 Egyptian revolution
chairman Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
chairmanEndDate 2012-06-30
chairmanStartDate 2011-02-11
composedOf senior commanders of the Egyptian Armed Forces
continent Africa
country Egypt
deFactoRulerOf Egypt
function advises on national security matters
oversees operations of the Egyptian Armed Forces
sets defense and military policy
governedAsTransitionalAuthority Egypt
governedFrom 2011-02
governedUntil 2012-06-30
headquartersLocation Cairo
includesBranch Egyptian Air Defense Forces
Egyptian Air Force
Egyptian Army
Egyptian Navy
involvedIn management of internal security during 2011 protests
political transition after Hosni Mubarak
issued constitutional declarations in 2011
jurisdiction Egypt
Egyptian Armed Forces
languageOfOfficialName Arabic
legalBasis Egyptian military regulations
nativeName Supreme Council of the Armed Forces self-linksurface differs
surface form: المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة
nativeNameLanguage Arabic
oversaw Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012
surface form: 2011–2012 Egyptian parliamentary elections

2012 Egyptian presidential election
playedRoleIn 2011 Egyptian constitutional declaration
surface form: Egyptian constitutional declaration of March 2011
positionHeldByChairman President of Egypt
surface form: Commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces

Minister of Defense of Egypt
region Middle East
role collective military leadership of Egypt
highest military body in Egypt
shortName SCAF
subordinateTo President of Egypt
timePeriodOfProminence 2011–2012 Egyptian transitional period
transferredPowerDate 2012-06-30
transferredPowerTo Mohamed Morsi
typeOfOrganization military-led governing council

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Mohamed Morsi precededBy Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Hosni Mubarak successor Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Hosni Mubarak resignedInFavorOf Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2011 organizedBy Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012 organizedBy Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Egyptian presidential election, 2012 follows Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Supreme Council of the Armed Forces interim rule
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces nativeName Supreme Council of the Armed Forces self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة
Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) mainParticipants Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Adly appointedBy Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
subject surface form: Adly Mansour
this entity surface form: Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi controlled Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Samira Ibrahim opposedBy Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Egypt)