Egyptian military officer (1931–2018)
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.[1] 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.[2]
Biography
Shnaaf was born on January 29, 1931, in Minya Governorate, Egypt. He joined the Egyptian Military College in 1950 and graduated in 1953.[citation needed] He obtained master's degree in military science and a Fellowship from the Higher War College.[3]
As a colonel, he commanded the 117th Mechanized Infantry Brigade during the October War.[4]
Shnaaf participated in the Suez Crisis, the North Yemen Civil War, the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the 1973 October War.[5] He commanded the Second Army in addition to serving as director of the Organization and Management Authority of the armed forces.[5]
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