Mahmoud Wagdy | |
Order: | Minister of Interior of Egypt |
President: | Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Tantawi (Acting) |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1948 |
Birth Place: | Koum Hamada, Beheira |
Term Start: | 31 January 2011 |
Term End: | 5 March 2011 |
Predecessor: | Habib el-Adly |
Successor: | Mansour el-Essawy |
Native Name: | محمود وجدي |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Mahmoud Wagdy (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]