The Ministry of Interior of

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is a part of the

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. 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 Egyptian Homeland security, 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 Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mil ...

inaugurated the new headquarters of the ministry in

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. 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 u ...

, 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 th ...

Fouad Serageddin Fouad Pasha Serageddin (2 November 1911 – 9 August 2000), was a leader of Egypt's Wafd Party. When President Hosni Mubarak allowed the Wafd to emerge from a prolonged period of dormancy in 1984, Serageddin proved a skilful political operator ...

, 1950–1952 *

Zakaria Mohieddin Zakaria Mohieddin (5 July 1918 – 15 May 2012) ( ar, زكريا محيي الدين, ) was an Egyptian military officer, politician, Prime Minister of Egypt and head of the first Intelligence body in Egypt, the Egyptian General Intelligenc ...

, 1953–1962 (from 1958 to 1961 Central Minister of Interior for U.A.R.) *

, 1965–1966 *

Sharawi Gomaa Sharawi Gomaa (1920–1988) was an Egyptian military officer who served in various posts, including governor of Suez, deputy prime minister and minister of interior, during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser. He was part of the May Group who w ...

, 1966–1971 * Mamdouh Salem * Nabawi İsmail, 1977 – January 1982 *

Hassan Abu Basha Hassan Abu Basha ( ar, حسن أبو باشا; 2 December 1922 – 18 September 2005) was a major general and one of the former ministers of interior of Egypt who was in office for two years from January 1982 to July 1984. Early life and ed ...

, January 1982–July 1984 *

Ahmed Rushdi ), Rushdi Sahab ( ur, ) , birth_date = , birth_place =Hyderabad Deccan, British India , death_date = , death_place = Karachi, Pakistan , origin = Pakistani , instrument = Vocalist , genre = , ...

, 1984–February 1986 *

Zaki Badr Zaki Badr ( ar, زكي بدر; 28 February 1926 – 2 April 1997) was an Egyptian major general and the former interior minister of Egypt who served in the post from 1986 to 1990 in the Sedki Cabinet. Badr had a confrontational approach ...

, February 1986 - 1990 * Abdul Halim Moussa, 1990 - 1993 * Hassan Al Alfi, 1993 - 1997 *

Habib el-Adly Habib Ibrahim El-Adly ( ar, حبيب إبراهيم العادلي, ; born 1 March 1938) is a former Egyptian politician. He served as interior minister of Egypt from November 1997 to January 2011. He was the longest serving interior minister und ...

, 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 investi ...

, January 2011 - March 2011 *

Mansour el-Essawy Mansour el-Essawi ( ar, منصور العيسوى; ; 18 September 1937 – 16 January 2023) was an Egyptian politician who served as minister of interior. He was appointed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on 5 March 2011.

, March 2011 - November 2011 *

Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim ( ar, محمد يوسف إبراهيم; born 23 January 1947) is a former minister of interior in the Egyptian Government. Retired from the ministry in 2007, Ibrahim was appointed on 7 December 2011 by Kamal Ganzouri, th ...

, December 2011 - August 2012 *

Ahmed Gamal El Din Ahmed Gamal El Din (born 11 November 1952) is a retired police general and Egypt's former minister of interior. He served in the Qandil cabinet. Early life and education El Din was born on 11 November 1952 in Gharbiya Province, Egypt. Abdel A ...

, August 2012 - January 2013 *

Mohamed Ibrahim Moustafa Mohamed Ibrahim Moustafa, often referred to simply as Mohamed Ibrahim ( ar, محمد إبراهيم مصطفى; born 10 April 1953) was the Minister of Interior of Egypt, from January 2013 until March 2015. Career Ibrahim has worked for the Int ...

, January 2013 – March 2015Ethar Shalaby
Ten new ministers take oath in Cabinet reshuffle
''Daily News Egypt'', January 6, 2013. *

Magdy Abdel Ghaffar Magdy Abdel Ghaffar () is the former Interior Minister of Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner o ...

, March 2015 – June 2018 *

Mahmoud Tawfik Mahmoud Tawfik ( ar, محمود توفيق; born 1961) is an Egyptian politician and police officer. He serves as the Egyptian Minister of Interior. Career Tawfik joined the Egyptian police and graduated from the Police Academy in 1982. Follow ...

, 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 Law enforcement agencies of Egypt

1857 establishments in Egypt {{Egypt-gov-stub

Headquarters

Ministers

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References

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