Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, has appointed Lt.-Gen. Osama Askar as the new Chief-Of-Staff of the Armed Forces, replacing Lt.-Gen. Mohamed Farid.

The presidency office said in a statement on Wednesday.

According to the statement, Farid the former chief-of-staff was also appointed as presidential adviser for the country’s Decent Life initiative, Bassam Rady.

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Askar was appointed in late 2019 as the Chief Operations of the Egyptian Armed Forces.

He was an assistant secretary for the Minister of Defense in 2017.