Khaled Fawzy

Major General Khaled Fawzy (In Arabic: خالد فوزي; b. 1957) is a former director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate (EGID). He was the head of the national security agency since 2013.

Fawzi was named head of EGIS effective 21 December 2014, replacing Mohamed Farid El-Tohamy.

Fawzy was fired by el-Sisi in a one-line statement in January 2018 and replaced by Abbas Kamel, a confidant and his chief of staff. The reason for Fawzy's sacking was not identified by Egyptian officials, but came several days after a New York Times published a report describing phone calls in which an alleged Egyptian intelligence officer is instructing talk show hosts to convince their audiences to accept Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. For their part, Egyptian media claimed Fawzy was stepping down for health reasons.