Mahmoud Wagdy | |
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محمود وجدي | |
Minister of Interior of Egypt | |
In office 31 January 2011 – 5 March 2011 | |
President |
Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Tantawi (Acting) |
Preceded by | Habib el-Adly |
Succeeded by | Mansour el-Essawy |
Personal details | |
Born | Koum Hamada, Beheira | 23 March 1948
Mahmoud Wagdy ( Arabic: محمود وجدي, born 23 March 1948) is an Egyptian politician and a former minister of interior.
Wagdy was born in 1948. [1] He graduated from the Police Academy 1968. [1]
Wagdy was the head of Cairo criminal investigations department and the head of prisons. He was appointed interior minister by President Hosni Mubarak on 31 January 2011, replacing Habib al-Adly. [2] [3] [4] Wagdy's tenure lasted brief and was replaced by Mansour el-Essawy who was appointed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on 5 March 2011. [5] [6]