President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday afternoon appoints Field Marshall Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as minister of defence and general commander of the Egyptian forces replacing Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawy, the head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF). President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday afternoon appoints Field Marshall Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as minister of defence and general commander of the Egyptian forces replacing Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawy, the head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF). Tantawy appointed as an adviser to the president. The president also retired General Sami Anan, the number two in command in the SCAF, and also appointed as an adviser to the president.