May 24, 2013
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The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is the governing body of 21 senior officers in the Egyptian military. As a consequence of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, SCAF took the power to govern Egypt from its departing President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February 2011, and relinquished power on 30 June 2012 upon the start of Mohamed Morsi's term as President.
The Council met regularly, as well as in times of a national emergency. During the course of the 2011 revolution, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces met first on February 9, 2011 under the chairmanship of Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak. The Council met for the first time without the chairmanship of the President on the following day, February 10, and issued their first press statement which signaled that the council was about to assume power which they did the next day following Mubarak's resignation. The military junta was headed by the Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi who served as the Minister of Defense under Mubarak, and included the service heads and other senior commanders of the Egyptian Armed Forces, namely Air Marshal Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, Air Force commander, Lt. Gen. Sami Hafez Anan, Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Abd El Aziz Seif-Eldeen, Commander of Air Defense, and Vice Admiral Mohab Mamish, Navy Commander in Chief.
(via Freebase)
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![Egypt's Morsi awards sacked army chiefs [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-8743000/8743228/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b92061a33c5fed62cfc71efa97844605)
![Egypt's Morsi consolidates power after reshuffling military leadership [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-8632000/8632471/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=0fe0603c20a86ee19069224b755f1690 "Supporters raise a photo of the Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi during the celebration of his decision on the dismissal of former defence minister and Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, in Tahrir Square in Cairo August 13, 2012: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany")
![Egyptian army to take control of Sinai after deadly attack [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-8328000/8328030/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=0872aeef1ae05f0b8dcb7cf77db0e494)
![US defense secretary visits Egypt's President Morsi during Middle East tour [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-8047000/8047295/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=87450b0ab1a2fa2654b0e09f5e0d298d)
![Egyptian court suspends military's power to arrest civilians [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-6286000/6286773/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=cce72d47a0ab381cf1fe68294fedb27e "A soldier watches as people wait outside a polling station in Cairo May 24, 2012: REUTERS/Ammar Awad")