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Mohamed Hussein Tantawi ( Born 1935), Egyptian field marshal and former politician. He was the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and de facto head of state from the ousting of Hosni Mubarak on 11 February 2011 to the inauguration of Mohamed Morsi as President of Egypt on 30 June 2012. Tantawi served in the government as Minister of Defence and Military Production from 1991 until Morsi ordered Tantawi to retire on 12 August 2012.