Ministry of Defense (Egypt)

Ministry of Defense

وزارة الدفاع
Coat of arms of Egypt
Agency overview
Formed	1879
Jurisdiction	Government of Egypt
Headquarters	The Octagon, New Administrative Capital
Minister responsible	General Abdel Mageed Saqr
Website	http://www.mod.gov.eg

The Egyptian Ministry of Defense is the ministry responsible for the Egyptian Armed Forces organization and manages its affairs and maintains its facilities. It also handles the affairs of colleges and military recruitment, mobilization and management of veterans and military factories in Egypt through the Armed Forces Management and Administration Agency. It was established in 1879 in the Khedivate of Egypt and was then called the Ministry of War, until it was renamed to the Ministry of Defense on 14 May 1971. Egypt's Ministry of Defense is based in Cairo and the headquarters is called The Octagon, located in the New Administrative Capital.^[1]