Magdy Galal Sharawi

Magdy Galal Sharawi
Born	May 1946
Allegiance	Egypt
Service/branch	Egyptian Air Force
Rank	Air Marshal

Air Marshal Magdy Galal Sharawi (Arabic: مجدي جلال شعراوي‎ born May, 1946) is a retired senior Egyptian Air Force officer. From 2002 to 2008, he was the Commander of the Egyptian Air Force.

Magdy Galal Sharawi graduated from the Egyptian Air Academy in 1966. As a pilot he flew MiG-15s, MiG-17s, MiG-21s and SU-7s. From February 1997 to January 2000 he was the Director of the Egyptian Air Academy^[1] and in 2002 he was appointed as the Commander of the Egyptian Air Force. In late 2003, Sharawi visited Pakistan, meeting the Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat.^[2] Following a number of senior appointments he was made Commander of the Egyptian Air Force on 1 March 2002. Currently, he is an Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to Switzerland.

References

1. ^ Magdy Galal Sharawy
2. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-111684333.html

External links

• Egyptian Armed Forces - Egyptian Air Force Commander

Military offices
Preceded by Othman Abdel-Ghany Sakr	Director of the Egyptian Air Academy 1997–2000	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Unknown	Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Air Force ? – 2002	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Ahmed Shafik	Commander of the Egyptian Air Force 2002–2008	Succeeded by Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed

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Name	Sharawi, Magdy Galal
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Date of birth	1946
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