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General Intelligence Service (Egypt)

General Intelligence Service (GIS)
جهاز المخابرات العامة
Seal of the General Intelligence Service
Agency overview
Formed1954 (1954)
JurisdictionGovernment of Egypt
HeadquartersCairo, Egypt
Agency executives
Parent agencyPresidency of Egypt

The General Intelligence Service (Arabic: جهاز المخابرات العامة Gihaz El Mukhabarat El ‘Amma; GIS), often referred to as the Mukhabarat (Arabic: المخابرات El Mukhabarat) is an Egyptian intelligence agency responsible for providing national security intelligence, both domestically and internationally.[4] The GIS is part of the Egyptian intelligence community, together with the Office of Military Intelligence Services and Reconnaissance (Arabic: إدارة المخابرات الحربية والاستطلاع Idarat El Mukhabarat El Ḥarbiya Wel Istitlaʾ) and National Security Agency (Arabic: قطاع الأمن الوطني Ketaʿ El Amn El Watani).[4]

  1. ^ "Egypt appoints presidential aide as intelligence chief - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference anadolu_Fahmi_deputy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AJE_Hazem_Ghonim was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Sullivan and Jones (2008): 33

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