Ministry of Interior (Egypt) explained

Agency Name:	Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Interior
Formed:	1857^[1]
Jurisdiction:	Government of Egypt
Headquarters:	New Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Employees:	~ 2 million
Chief1 Name:	Mahmoud Tawfik
Chief1 Position:	Minister
Child1 Agency:	Egyptian Homeland security
Child2 Agency:	Central Security Forces
Child3 Agency:	Egyptian National Police
Website:	https://cso.moi.gov.eg/

The Ministry of Interior of Egypt 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 Egyptian Homeland security, around 200,000 strong.^[2]

The Egyptian Border Guard Corps were organised in border guard regiments totaling approximately 25,000 members.^[3] They are a lightly armed paramilitary force, 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 and night-vision binoculars. High-speed motorboats are also in service.^[4] 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 .^[5]

Ministers

• Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha, November 1919 - May 1920
• Isma'il Sidqi, 1922, and again from 1924 - 1925^[6]
• 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
• Sharawi Gomaa, 1966–1971
• 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^[7]
• Mahmoud Wagdy, January 2011 - March 2011
• Mansour el-Essawy, March 2011 - November 2011^[8]
• Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim, December 2011 - August 2012^[9]
• Ahmed Gamal El Din, August 2012 - January 2013
• Mohamed Ibrahim Moustafa, January 2013 – March 2015^[10]
• Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, March 2015 – June 2018
• Mahmoud Tawfik, June 2018 – Present

See also

• Cabinet of Egypt
• Egyptian police casualties since 2011

References

1. Web site: Establishment of the Interior Ministry . 2012-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170113162507/http://www.moiegypt.gov.eg/English/AboutMOI/Introduction/About%20the%20Ministry . 2017-01-13 . dead .
2. IISS Military Balance 2007, p. 223
3. IISS 2017, p.375
4. https://www.hamiltonjet.com/sites/default/files/applications/JB%20385%20-%20Egyptian%20Border%20Patrol.pdf
5. News: Youssef. Adham. Al-Sisi inaugurates new Ministry of Interior headquarters. 15 October 2016. Daily News Egypt. 27 April 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160501054722/http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2016/04/27/422154/. 1 May 2016.
6. Book: Malak Badrawi. Isma'il Sidqi, 1875-1950: Pragmatism and Vision in Twentieth Century Egypt. 2014. Routledge. 978-1-136-78749-2. 89.
7. News: The Rise and fall of Mubarak. 5 March 2013. Daily News Egypt. 11 February 2013. Rana Muhammad Taha. Hend Kortam. Nouran El Behairy.
8. News: El Madany. Sherine. Heinrich. Mark. Egypt appoints post-Mubarak interior minister. Reuters. March 5, 2011.
9. News: Meet the ministers: A thumbnail guide. Ahram Online. December 7, 2011.
10. Ethar Shalaby, Ten new ministers take oath in Cabinet reshuffle, Daily News Egypt, January 6, 2013.

External links

• • • 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