Ministry of Interior (Egypt)

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The Ministry of Interior of Egypt is part of the Cabinet of Egypt. It is responsible for law enforcement in Egypt. The current minister is Magdy Abdel Ghaffar.

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. ^[2]

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.

As of 30 January 2011, Egyptian protesters besieged the building of the Ministry of interior. The Army negotiated a settlement with the staff and protestors, whereby the Cairo staff leave the building peaceful while the army protects the building.^[3]

Ministers of the Interior

• Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha, November 1919 - May 1920
• Isma'il Sidqi, 1922
• Isma'il Sidqi, 1924 - 1925
• 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
• Mahmoud Wagdy, January 2011 - March 2011
• Mansour el-Essawy, March 2011 - November 2011
• Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim, December 2011 - August 2012
• Ahmed Gamal El Din, August 2012 - January 2013
• Mohamed Ibrahim Moustafa, January 2013 – March 2015
• Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, March 2015 – Present

See also

• Egyptian police casualties since 2011

References

1. ↑ Establishment of the Interior Ministry
2. ↑ IISS Military Balance 2007, p. 223
3. ↑ http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/930658--protesters-stand-their-ground-as-tanks-roll-into-tahrir-square?bn=1

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ministry of Interior, Egypt.

• 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.
• "Magdy Abdel Ghaffar: Egypt’s New Interior Minister with a Past" - Fanack Chronicle

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