Hassan al-Roueini

Hassan al-Roueini (born 8 June 1950) was the Egyptian military commander for the Cairo area during the 2011 revolution. He was a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces from 2007 till 2012.

Hassan el-Roweiny
Hassan al-Roueini (right) and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (2012)
Born (1950-06-08) June 8, 1950
Allegiance Egypt
Service/branchEgyptian Army
Years of service1971–2012
Rank Major General
Unit42nd Mechanized Battalion
Commands heldGeneral Officer Commanding, Central Military Zone (2007-2012)
Battles/warsYom Kippur War

On 10 February General al-Roueini told protestors in Tahrir Square, "All your demands will be met today".[1] On the following day President Hosni Mubarak ceded power to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

On 23 March 2011 Major General al-Roueini welcomed US Defence Secretary Robert Gates to Cairo.[2]

Major General al-Roueini has promised that secret military tribunals - at which between seven and ten thousand Egyptian citizens were tried between February and July 2011 - will be phased out once the state prosecutor's office is properly functioning.[3]

References
  1. "Military says Mubarak will meet protesters demands". Apnews.myway.com. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  2. "Robert Gates, Hassan al-Roueini". 2011-03-23. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  3. Joshua Hammer, with Amina Ismail, Egypt: Who Calls the Shots?, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2011
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