Major General Adly Fayed, the former Egyptian Director of Public Security and the First Assistant to the Minister of the Interior during the tenure of the late President Hosni Mubarak, passed away this Wednesday morning after a prolonged illness.
The security official's family announced his death at a hospital in Alexandria governorate. A medical source from the hospital revealed that he was admitted with liver problems, which subsequently necessitated kidney dialysis, and he ultimately succumbed after a long battle with his condition.
During the period when General Habib El-Adly served as the former Minister of Interior, Fayed held the position of Assistant Minister for the Public Security Sector. In the wake of the 2011 January Revolution, he, along with Mubarak and El-Adly, faced charges in a case involving the killing and torture of protesters. After several court sessions, Fayed was acquitted.
Human rights groups accused the leadership of the Egyptian security forces of issuing orders to use live ammunition to kill demonstrators involved in the January 25 Revolution, which led to the overthrow of Mubarak. A human rights group stated that at least 684 Egyptians were killed during the demonstrations.
Fayed was born in 1949 in the village of Bisha Amer in Sharkia governorate. He joined the Police Academy in 1967 and graduated in 1971. The deceased held many positions, including Director of Investigations in Sohag, Alexandria, and Giza, and he was appointed as the Director of Investigations at the Ministry and later as the Director of the Public Security Sector.
