[1] He also served as chairperson of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) from 2005 to 2012.

[2] Preceded by Magdy Hatata, Wahiba was previously appointed as commander of the Republican Guard in 1997.

He was the sixth commander of the guard under Mubarak.

[3] Wahiba graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1966, and subsequently joined infantry battalion, which participated in the Six-Day War.

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