A Fictional Situation

Let's imagine this situation, imagine (and I said imagine) a president is elected democratically in Egypt who possesses wealth of knowledge and an intellectual civil background, imagine this president came to a revolutionary idea of appointing a non military person as a defense minister (which isn't a revolutionary idea in many countries but still revolutionary enough in Egypt).

Now here's the deal if all this imagination are to be happening, what would be the outcome of such a decision? My take on this given the backgrounds of the Egyptian ruling elite in the last 50 or more years; this would never happen because if there's someone both bold and dumb to do this, he would lead us to a definite coup and chaos as the army leadership won't agree to be lead by a non military persona as their minister, actually they might no even agree to be lead in the first place by a non military president since he's considered the highest commander of the army.

This fictional situation leads me to think about the possibility of change in Egypt. Is there a peaceful way for a liberal/democratic state in Egypt someday where laws and legislation rule, or is the future hiding what's would be worse than our worst nightmares? Honestly I am not optimistic at all, hope I am the only one.