Ministry of Interior (Egypt)
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Formed | 1857 [1] |
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Headquarters | Cairo |
Employees | ~ 2 million |
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Website | Official website |
The Ministry of Interior of Egypt is a part of the Cabinet of Egypt. It is responsible for law enforcement in Egypt. On March 5, 2015 Magdy Abdel Ghaffar was appointed Minister of Interior.[2]
The Ministry of Interior directs the Central Security Forces, around 410,000 in 2012; the National Police, around 500,000; and the Egyptian Homeland security, around 200,000 strong. [3]
The Border Guard Forces are organised in 18 border guard regiments totaling approximately 25,000 members. The Border Guard Forces are a lightly armed paramilitary unit, mostly Bedouins, responsible for border surveillance, general peacekeeping, drug interdiction, and prevention of smuggling. During the late 1980s, the force was equipped with remote sensors, night-vision binoculars, communications vehicles, and high-speed motorboats. The Border guards Were originally under the control of the Ministry of Defense, however control was almost immediately given to the Ministry of Interior after their creation.
Ministers
- Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha, November 1919 - May 1920[4]
- Isma'il Sidqi, 1922, and again from 1924 - 1925[5]
- Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed
- Fouad Serageddin, 1950 - 1952
- Zakaria Mohieddin, 1953-1962 (from 1958 to 1961 Central Minister of Interior for U.A.R.)
- Zakaria Mohieddin, 1965 - 1966
- Mamdouh Salem
- Nabawi İsmail, 1977 – January 1982
- Hassan Abu Basha, January 1982 - July 1984
- Ahmed Rushdi, 1984 - February 1986
- Zaki Badr, February 1986 - 1990
- Abdul Halim Moussa, 1990 - 1993
- Hassan Al Alfi, 1993 - 1997
- Habib el-Adly, 1997 - January 2011[6]
- Mahmoud Wagdy, January 2011 - March 2011
- Mansour el-Essawy, March 2011 - November 2011[7]
- Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim, December 2011 - August 2012[8]
- Ahmed Gamal El Din, August 2012 - January 2013
- Mohamed Ibrahim Moustafa, January 2013 – March 2015[9]
- Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, March 2015 – June 2018
- Mahmoud Tawfik, June 2018 - Present
See also
References
- ↑ Establishment of the Interior Ministry
- ↑ "Magdy Abdel Ghaffar: Egypt's New Interior Minister with a Past". Chronicle Fanack. March 23, 2015.
- ↑ IISS Military Balance 2007, p. 223
- ↑ "No. 32169". The London Gazette. 21 December 1920. p. 12484.
- ↑ Malak Badrawi (4 February 2014). Isma'il Sidqi, 1875-1950: Pragmatism and Vision in Twentieth Century Egypt. Routledge. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-136-78749-2.
- ↑ Rana Muhammad Taha; Hend Kortam; Nouran El Behairy (11 February 2013). "The Rise and fall of Mubarak". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ El Madany, Sherine; Heinrich, Mark (March 5, 2011). "Egypt appoints post-Mubarak interior minister". Reuters.
- ↑ "Meet the ministers: A thumbnail guide". Ahram Online. December 7, 2011.
- ↑ Ethar Shalaby, Ten new ministers take oath in Cabinet reshuffle, Daily News Egypt, January 6, 2013.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ministry of Interior, Egypt. |
- Ministry of Interior official website
- View the Ministry of Interior during the January 25 Revolution in the University on the Square: Documenting Egypt's 21st Century Revolution digital collection.