Major General Mohamed Salah El-Din is an Egyptian engineer and military general currently serving as minister of Military Production.[1][2]

Career

Mohamed Salah El-Din served in various positions during his military career including serving as an assistant to the commander of Armament Authority of the Armed Forces of Egypt and later transferred to Arab Organisation for Industralisation from 2019 to 2020.  He was an advisor to the minister of Military Production and vice president of the National Authority for military Production.[3] He was appointed vice president of the National Authority for military Production on the recommendation of the minister of military production following the passing of vice president of the organization Hassan Abdul Majeed on 15 November 2020.[3] El-Din served in this position from 24 November 2020 until his appointment as minister of Military Production succeeding Mohamed Ahmed Morsi.[4]

In February 2023, a leaked secret document from Pentagon, United States suspected El-Din as a key figure in the government of Egypt's plan to covertly produce and supply over 40,000 rockets, artillery rounds and gunpowder to Russia. The document stated that President el-Sissi was heard in the conversation instructing the military officer named Salah al-Dinto (suspected to be Mohamed Salah El-Din) to keep the plan secret “to avoid problems with the West”.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Mohamed Salah El-Din appointed as Minister of State for Military Production - Dailynewsegypt". 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Egyptian State Minister for Military Production visits Sudan Pavilion at IDEX 2023 in Abu Dhabi". suna-news.net. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  3. 1 2 "Cabinet Reshuffle: Know more about the new Minister of State for Military Production". EgyptToday. 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  4. ↑ Staff, Gazette (2023-02-07). "Ministries of military production, local development discuss cooperation in field of managing waste system". Egyptian Gazette. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  5. ↑ ToI Staff; AP. "Egypt planned to supply thousands of rockets to Russia amid Ukraine war – report". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
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