Younes Hamed

Air Marshal Younes Hamed Al-Masri (Arabic: يونس حامد; born 15 August 1959) is the Minister of Civil Aviation,[1] and was the Commander of the Egyptian Air Force from 2012 until 2018.[2]

Younes Al Sayed Hamed Al Masry
يونس السيد حامد المصري
11th Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 14 June 2018 – 21 June 2018
Prime Minister	Mostafa Madbouly
Preceded by	Sherif Fathi
Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Air Force
In office 14 August 2012 – 14 June 2018
President	Mohamed Morsi Adly Mansour (Acting) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Preceded by	Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed
Personal details
Born	15 August 1959 (1959-08-15) (age 64) Sohag Governorate, Egypt
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Egyptian Air Force
Years of service	1979-2018
Rank	Air Marshal

Hamed graduated from the Egyptian Air Academy on 16 December 1979. During his service in the Egyptian Air Force he was the commander of a flying squadron, an air brigade commander and an air area commander.

He was appointed to the post by President Mohamed Morsi on 14 August 2012, succeeding Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed.[3] He is a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which was reorganized in September 2012.[4] On 4 November 2013 he was promoted to the rank of air marshal. In 2015, he met with US Lieutenant General Charles Q. Brown Jr. to discuss military cooperation between Egypt and the United States.[5] On 14 June 2018, he was appointed as the new Minister of Civil Aviation in Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's new cabinet.[6]