The Ministry of Interior of

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is a part of the Cabinet of Egypt. It is responsible for law enforcement in Egypt. The Ministry of Interior directs the Central Security Forces, around 410,000 in 2012; the National Police, around 500,000; and the

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, around 200,000 strong. The

Egyptian Border Guard Corps The Border Guard Corps is a militarised corps subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior (Egypt). It is tasked with the protection of Egypt's land and sea borders. The corps is in charge of protecting the Suez Canal and stopping the movement of il ...

were organised in border guard regiments totaling approximately 25,000 members. They are a lightly armed paramilitary force, mostly

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, responsible for border surveillance, general peacekeeping, drug interdiction, and prevention of smuggling. During the late 1980s, the force was equipped with remote sensors and night-vision binoculars. High-speed motorboats are also in service. 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.

Headquarters

On 27 April 2016, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated the new headquarters of the ministry in New Cairo. The complex covers about .

Ministers

Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha (June 30, 1871 – March 8, 1938) ( ar, محمد توفيق نسيم باشا) was an Egyptian political figure of Turkish origin. He served as the prime minister of Egypt between May 1920 and 1921, again from 1922 un ...

, November 1919 - May 1920 * Isma'il Sidqi, 1922, and again from 1924 - 1925 *

Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed or Aḥmad Luṭfī Sayyid Pasha () (15 January 1872 – 5 March 1963) was a prominent Egyptian nationalist, intellectual, anti-colonial activist and the first director of Cairo University. He was an influential person in t ...

* Fouad Serageddin, 1950–1952 * Zakaria Mohieddin, 1953–1962 (from 1958 to 1961 Central Minister of Interior for

U.A.R. The United Arab Republic (UAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, al-Jumhūrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1971. It was initially a political union between ...

) * Zakaria Mohieddin, 1965–1966 * Sharawi Gomaa, 1966–1971 * Mamdouh Salem *

Nabawi İsmail Nabawi İsmail (1925 – 15 June 2009) was one of the interior ministers of Egypt who was in office when Anwar Sadat was assassinated. Therefore, he is the last interior minister of Sadat. Early life and education Ismail was born in Al Darb ...

, 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 Mahmoud Wagdy (, born 23 March 1948) is an Egyptian politician and a former minister of interior. Early life and education Wagdy was born in 1948. He graduated from the Police Academy 1968. Career Wagdy was the head of Cairo criminal invest ...

, 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 2015Ethar Shalaby
Ten new ministers take oath in Cabinet reshuffle
''Daily News Egypt'', January 6, 2013. * Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, March 2015 – June 2018 * Mahmoud Tawfik, June 2018 – Present

References

External links

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View the Ministry of Interior during the January 25 Revolution in the University on the Square: Documenting Egypt's 21st Century Revolution digital collection.Egypt's Cabinet Database

Interior Interior may refer to: Arts and media * ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas * ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck * ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See * Interior de ...

Law enforcement agencies of Egypt

1857 establishments in Egypt {{Egypt-gov-stub

Headquarters

Ministers

See also

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