Ministry of Interior (Egypt)

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 Mohamed Ibrahim.

The Ministry of the Interior directs the Central Security Forces, around 325,000 in 2007, the the Border Guard Forces, 12,000 in 2007 ; the National Police, around 500,000 ' and the Egyptian Homeland security, around 200,000 strong.

The Border Guard Forces are organised in 18 border guard regiments. 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 Guard Forces apparently used to be under the Ministry of Defence, but at some point before 2007 were transferred to the Ministry of the Interior.

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.

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 - present

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