Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

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governmental body military council

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is Egypt’s highest military body, which assumed de facto control of the country during the transitional period following the 2011 revolution.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces canonical	8
المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة	2
Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces	1
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Egypt)	1
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces interim rule	1
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1324481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Context triple: [Mohamed Morsi, precededBy, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces]

A. Council of National Defense
The Council of National Defense was a U.S. government body created during World War I to coordinate industrial and resource mobilization on the home front in support of the war effort.
B. State Peace and Development Council
The State Peace and Development Council was Myanmar’s former military junta that ruled the country with authoritarian control, suppressing political opposition and civil liberties.
C. Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government
The Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government was the advisory legislative body that represented various political and social forces aligned with the communist-led government of South Vietnam during the final years of the Vietnam War.
D. High Command of the Armed Forces
The High Command of the Armed Forces was Nazi Germany’s supreme military command authority overseeing the coordination and strategic direction of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
E. National Salvation Junta
The National Salvation Junta was the military-led governing body that took control of Portugal following the 1974 Carnation Revolution, overseeing the country’s transition away from dictatorship.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Target entity description: The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is Egypt’s highest military body, which assumed de facto control of the country during the transitional period following the 2011 revolution.

A. Council of National Defense
The Council of National Defense was a U.S. government body created during World War I to coordinate industrial and resource mobilization on the home front in support of the war effort.
B. State Peace and Development Council
The State Peace and Development Council was Myanmar’s former military junta that ruled the country with authoritarian control, suppressing political opposition and civil liberties.
C. Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government
The Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government was the advisory legislative body that represented various political and social forces aligned with the communist-led government of South Vietnam during the final years of the Vietnam War.
D. High Command of the Armed Forces
The High Command of the Armed Forces was Nazi Germany’s supreme military command authority overseeing the coordination and strategic direction of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
E. National Salvation Junta
The National Salvation Junta was the military-led governing body that took control of Portugal following the 1974 Carnation Revolution, overseeing the country’s transition away from dictatorship.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governmental body ⓘ military council ⓘ
alsoLocatedIn	Asia (Sinai Peninsula part of Egypt) ⓘ
assumedDeFactoControlAfter	resignation of President Hosni Mubarak ⓘ
assumedDeFactoControlOn	2011-02-11 ⓘ
assumedPowerDuring	2011 Egyptian revolution ⓘ
chairman	Mohamed Hussein Tantawi ⓘ
chairmanEndDate	2012-06-30 ⓘ
chairmanStartDate	2011-02-11 ⓘ
composedOf	senior commanders of the Egyptian Armed Forces ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
deFactoRulerOf	Egypt ⓘ
function	advises on national security matters ⓘ oversees operations of the Egyptian Armed Forces ⓘ sets defense and military policy ⓘ
governedAsTransitionalAuthority	Egypt ⓘ
governedFrom	2011-02 ⓘ
governedUntil	2012-06-30 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Cairo ⓘ
includesBranch	Egyptian Air Defense Forces ⓘ Egyptian Air Force ⓘ Egyptian Army ⓘ Egyptian Navy ⓘ
involvedIn	management of internal security during 2011 protests ⓘ political transition after Hosni Mubarak ⓘ
issued	constitutional declarations in 2011 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Egypt ⓘ Egyptian Armed Forces ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Arabic ⓘ
legalBasis	Egyptian military regulations ⓘ
nativeName	المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة ⓘ linked to: Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
nativeNameLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
oversaw	2011–2012 Egyptian parliamentary elections ⓘ linked to: Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012 2012 Egyptian presidential election ⓘ
playedRoleIn	Egyptian constitutional declaration of March 2011 ⓘ linked to: 2011 Egyptian constitutional declaration
positionHeldByChairman	Commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces ⓘ linked to: President of Egypt Minister of Defense of Egypt ⓘ
region	Middle East ⓘ
role	collective military leadership of Egypt ⓘ highest military body in Egypt ⓘ
shortName	SCAF ⓘ
subordinateTo	President of Egypt ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	2011–2012 Egyptian transitional period ⓘ
transferredPowerDate	2012-06-30 ⓘ
transferredPowerTo	Mohamed Morsi ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	military-led governing council ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mohamed Morsi → precededBy → Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ⓘ

Hosni Mubarak → successor → Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ⓘ

Hosni Mubarak → resignedInFavorOf → Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ⓘ

Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2011 → organizedBy → Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ⓘ

Egyptian parliamentary elections, 2011–2012 → organizedBy → Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ⓘ

Egyptian presidential election, 2012 → follows → Supreme Council of the Armed Forces interim rule ⓘ