Mahmoud Wagdy

Lieutenant General Mahmoud Wagdy ( Egyptian Arabic محمود وجدى, DMG Mahmoud Waǧdī; born March 23, 1948 in El - Beheira ) was from 31 January 2011 to 6 March 2011, the Egyptian Minister of the Interior. The ruling military council said in its fourth announcement that the current incumbent Prime Minister, the Cabinet Shafiq to continue their work until the election of a new government.

Life

Wagdy served as sergeant until he came to the Cairene criminal investigation. Wagdi completed his legal studies with a diploma in Police Sciences in 1968. He worked after graduation at the police station Heliopolis. First, he was the chief investigator in the district El- Zaitoun, then deputy chief of police in Heliopolis, then chief investigator of the East- Cairene sector. From 1992 to 1999 he was Director of the Criminal Investigation Cairene.

His political career led by the Home Office and made him the Director General of Police of Kaliobia, Kafr al- Sheikh and Al - Minya. He was also top prison boss. Later he became assistant to the minister of the interior, then the first assistant to the interior minister and member of the Supreme Council police. He has two merit medals and spoke at many local and international security conferences. Most recently, he was Vice - Minister of the Interior Habib al - Adli next to Interior Minister.

In response to the revolution in Egypt in 2011, he was appointed Minister of the Interior by President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak on January 31, 2011. Wagdi is responsible for educating the deadly orders of his detained predecessor, who lost his authority, as hundreds of subordinates refused to sharp shooting at protesters. 6 March 2011 he Mansour el- Essawy followed after in the post of Minister of the Interior. On March 22, marched about 18,000 non-commissioned officers of the police in front of the Interior Ministry to demand Wagdys reinstatement and a raise. The communications center was set on fire, which burned completely.