Sami Hafez Anan: Difference between revisions

[[Lieutenant General]] '''Sami Hafez Anan''' or '''Enan''' ({{lang-ar|سامى حافظ عنان}}, {{IPA-arz|ˈsæːmi ˈħɑːfezˤ ʕæˈnæːn, -ʕeˈnæːn|IPA}}; born 2 February 1948) is an Egyptian military officer. He was the [[Chief of the General Staff (Egypt)|Chief of the General Staff]] of the Armed Forces from 2005 until August 2012, until his retirement was announced by President [[Mohamed Morsi]].<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/201281215511142445.html Egypt's Morsi fires defence minister Tantawi], ''[[Al Jazeera English]]'', 12 August 2012.</ref> In January 2018 he announced himself as a candidate in the [[2018 Egyptian presidential election]]<ref name=Fox>{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/12/ex-army-chief-to-run-in-egypts-presidential-elections.html|title=Ex-army chief to run in Egypt's presidential elections|date=2018-01-12|work=Fox News|access-date=2018-01-13|language=en-US}}</ref> before being arrested for violating the military rules for announcing his candidacy without seeking the General Command of the Armed Forces approval, which "constituted clear incitement against the armed forces with the intention of driving a wedge between it and the great Egyptian people." He was also accused of forging documents to falsely indicate his military service was terminated.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42795008 Egypt election: Retired general and candidate Sami Anan arrested], ''[[BBC News]]'', 23 January 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/middleeast/egypt-arrests-presidential-candidate/index.html Egypt arrests presidential candidate], ''[[CNN]]'', 23 January 2018</ref> He was released on 22 December 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://madamasr.com/en/2019/12/22/news/u/former-military-chief-of-staff-released-after-near-2-year-term-in-detention/|title=Former military chief of staff released after near 2-year term in detention|date=22 December 2019|work=[[Mada Masr]]|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref>