Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf

Safi al-Din Abu Shnaaf (January 29, 1931 – March 12, 2018) was an Egyptian military officer who served as the 14th chief of staff of the Egyptian Army from 1987 to 1991. He commanded the 7th Infantry Division before being assigned to a diplomatic mission as part of the Egyptian Military Committee during the Egyptian-Israeli peace negotiations in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.

Biography Shnaaf was born on January 29, 1931, in Minya Governorate, Egypt. He joined the Egyptian Military College in 1950 and graduated in 1953. He obtained master's degree in military science and a Fellowship from the Higher War College.

As a colonel, he commanded the 117th Mechanized Infantry Brigade during the October War.

Shnaaf participated in the Suez Crisis, the North Yemen Civil War, the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the 1973 October War. He commanded the Second Army in addition to serving as director of the Organization and Management Authority of the armed forces.