from September 1968 to January 1975 and Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces from January 1975 to October 1978. In this capacity he was also the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and a close aide to President Sadat. Personal life Fahmy married Nadia Abaza in 1959. They had three children. Later years He is mostly known for his planning and management of the Egyptian Air Defense Command during the Attrition War and 6 October war and for building "the Egyptian Missile Wall". He resigned as Chief-of-Staff of the Armed Forces owing to opposition with Egypt's rapprochement with Israel and due to his conflict and rivalry with Hosni Mubarak, a man several years his junior but becoming more important than him in the corridors of power during the Sadat era. He retired to live in Iraq from 1980 onwards. Awards Fahmy was the recipient of the Order of Liberation, Memorial Order of Founding of the United Arab Republic, Military Star; Star of Honour (Palestine Liberation Organization); Yugoslav Star with Gold Belt (First Class) and Order of King Abdulaziz (First Class). References External links Egyptian people of the Yom Kippur War 20th-century Egyptian military personnel Egyptian Military Academy alumni Field marshals of Egypt 1920 births 1999 deaths Expatriates in the Soviet Union Chiefs of the General Staff (Egypt) Military personnel from Cairo Cairo University alumni 20th-century Egyptian engineers