Sedki Sobhy Sayyid Ahmad (Arabic: صدقى صبحى سيد أحمد  pronounced [ˈsˤedʔi ˈsˤobħi ˈsæj.jed ˈæħmæd]) (born 12 December 1955) is an Egyptian politician and former General who was Minister of Defence of Egypt from 2014 until 2018.

Sobhy previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces from August 2012 to March 2014.

He was sworn in as Minister of Defence in March 2014 after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the presidency.

[6] While there he wrote a paper recommending that the United States withdraw its military from the Middle East and concentrate instead on socio-economic aid for the region.

The paper was posted on a US Department of Defense website, where it was noticed by analyst Issandr El Amrani.