Egyptian General Intelligence Service

The General Intelligence Service ( GIS) (Arabic جهاز المخابرات العامة, DMG Ǧihāz al - al - ʿ Muhabarat AMMA ), also Mucha Barat (Arabic المخابرات, DMG al - Muhabarat ) called or Mukhabarat, is one of three Egyptian intelligence services. The Authority is primarily responsible for combating terrorism.

The other two are the military intelligence service Idarat al - Mucha Barat al - Harbiyya wa-l - ʿ Istitla (Arabic ادارة المخابرات الحربية والاستطلاع ) and the Intelligence Service of State Security Gihaz Mabahith amn ad - Dawla (Arabic جهاز مباحث أمن الدولة ).

The news service, founded in 1954 by Gamal Abdel Nasser.

The longest organizing Omar Suleiman was performed - from 1993 to 2011.

Heads of Dschihaz al - Mucha Barat al - Amma in chronological order

• Zakaria Mohieddin (1952-1956)
• Ali Sabri (1956-1957)
• Salah Nasr Al Nogomy (1957-1967)
• Amine Howeidi (1967-1970)
• Hafez Ismail (1970 - 1970)
• Ahmad Kamel (1970-1971)
• Ahmad Ismail Ali (1971-1972)
• Nemro (1972-1978)
• Mohammad Saed Al Mahy (1978-1981)
• Foad Nassar (1981-1983)
• Rafaat osman Jibrel (1983-1986)
• Kamal Hasan Ali (1986-1989)
• Omar Negm (1989-1991)
• Nour El Dien Afeefy (1991-1993)
• Omar Suleiman (1993-2011)
• Murad Muwafi ( since 2011 )