Hassan el-Roweiny | |
|---|---|
 Hassan al-Roueini (right) and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (2012) | |
| Born | June 8, 1950 |
| Allegiance |  Egypt |
| Service/ | Egyptian Army |
| Years of service | 1971–2012 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Unit | 42nd Mechanized Battalion |
| Commands held | General Officer Commanding, Central Military Zone (2007-2012) |
| Battles/wars | Yom Kippur War |
Hassan al-Roueini (born 8 June 1950) was the Egyptian military commander for the Cairo area during the 2011 revolution. He was a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces from 2007 till 2012.
On 10 February General al-Roueini told protestors in Tahrir Square, "All your demands will be met today".[1] On the following day President Hosni Mubarak ceded power to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
On 23 March 2011 Major General al-Roueini welcomed US Defence Secretary Robert Gates to Cairo.[2]
Major General al-Roueini has promised that secret military tribunals - at which between seven and ten thousand Egyptian citizens were tried between February and July 2011 - will be phased out once the state prosecutor's office is properly functioning.[3]
References
- ↑ "Military says Mubarak will meet protesters demands". Apnews.myway.com. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ↑ "Robert Gates, Hassan al-Roueini". 2011-03-23. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ↑ Joshua Hammer, with Amina Ismail, Egypt: Who Calls the Shots?, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2011
