Muhammad Tantawi

Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi حسين طنطاوي
Tantawi in 2002
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
In office 11 February 2011 – 30 June 2012
Prime Minister	Ahmed Shafik Essam Sharaf Kamal Ganzouri
Deputy	Sami Anan
Preceded by	Hosni Mubarak (as President)
Succeeded by	Mohamed Morsi (as President)
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
In office 11 February 2011 – 30 June 2012
Preceded by	Hosni Mubarak
Succeeded by	Mohamed Morsi
Minister of Defense and Military Production
In office 20 May 1991 – 12 August 2012
Prime Minister	Atef Sedki Kamal Ganzouri Atef Ebeid Ahmed Nazif Ahmed Shafik Essam Sharaf Kamal Ganzouri Hesham Qandil
Preceded by	Sabri Abu Taleb
Succeeded by	Abdul Fatah al-Sisi
Personal details
Born	(1935-10-31)31 October 1935 Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died	21 September 2021(2021-09-21) (aged 85) Cairo, Egypt[1]
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Egyptian Military Academy
Awards	Liberation Order United Arab Republic Anniversary Order Distinguished Service Order Order of the Nile
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1955–2012
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Battles/wars	Suez Crisis North Yemen Civil War Six-Day War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Gulf War Sinai insurgency

Muhammad Hussein Tantawi Soliman (Arabic: محمد حسين طنطاوي سليمان, romanized: Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭanṭāwī Sulaymān; 31 October 1935 – 21 September 2021) was an Egyptian field marshal and politician. He was the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces^[2] and, as chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, was the de facto head of state from the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February 2011 until the inauguration of Mohamed Morsi as president of Egypt on 30 June 2012.

Tantawi served in the government as Minister of Defense and Military Production from 1991 until Morsi ordered him to retire on 12 August 2012.