What is Supreme Council of the Armed Forces?
The '''Supreme Council of the Armed Forces''' ('''SCAF'''; {{lang-ar|المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة}}, ''{{transl|ar|DIN|al-Maǧlis al-ʾAʿlā lil-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa}}'', also '''Higher Council of the Armed Forces''' and '''National Defence Council''') is a [[Statutory authority|statutory body]] of between 20 and 25 senior Egyptian military officers. The [[Egyptian Army ranks|Field Marshal]] is in charge of the supreme council. It is currently [[Abdul Fatah al-Sisi]] and [[Egyptian Army ranks|Lieutenant General]] [[Mohamed Ahmed Zaki]]. The council mets only in cases of war or great internal emergencies. The SCAF assumed power to take charge of [[Egypt]] after [[President of Egypt|President]] [[Hosni Mubarak]] resigned on 11 February 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/10/world/middleeast/20110210-egypt-supreme-council.html?ref=middleeast| work=The New York Times| title=Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces| date=10 February 2011 |access-date=10 February 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{military-stub}} [[Category:Egyptian military organizations]]