Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Assar, Minister of State for Military Production, died in Egypt today, Monday, at the age of 74. Al-Asar was one of the most prominent faces of the Military Council in the period of the January 2011 revolution until the military coup against President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
Al-Assar assumed responsibility for important files during those years, including foreign relations and communication between the Military Council, the media, and political forces, before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appointed him as Minister of State for Military Production.
Al-Assar participated in the war of attrition, then the October 1973 war as part of the air defense missile corps repair teams, and later took over the chairmanship of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
Al-Sisi called him on Twitter, saying that he was a "statesman of a unique style", and that he was "at the forefront of Egypt's defenders at the defining moments of its history."
On June 30, Sisi issued a decision to upgrade Al-Assar from the rank of major general to an honorary team.
On the other hand, some social media pioneers wondered if Al-Asar had died from the Corona virus, as a number of Egyptian army officers had died in the last period due to their Covid-19 disease caused by the virus.