Ahmed Mohammed Ali | |
Office: | Media Adviser to the Egyptian President |
President1: | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
Primeminister1: | Ibrahim Mahlab |
Term Start1: | 1 July 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Ahmed el-Moslmani |
Office2: | 1st Spokesperson for the Egyptian Armed Forces |
President2: | Muhammed Morsi Adly Mansour Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
Primeminister2: | Hesham Qandil Hazem Al Beblawi Ibrahim Mahlab |
Term Start2: | 8 September 2012 |
Term End2: | 1 July 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Position inaugurated |
Successor2: | Mohamed Samir |
Branch: | Egyptian Army |
Serviceyears: | 1 July 1991 – July 2014 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Unit: | Infantry |
Birth Date: | 1972 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
Battles: | Sinai insurgency |
Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Ali (Arabic: أحمد محمد علي; 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]