Mansour el-Essawy

Mansour el-Essawi
Minister of Interior of Egypt
In office 5 March 2011 – 22 November 2011
President	Hussein Tantawi (Acting)
Preceded by	Mahmoud Wagdy
Succeeded by	Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim
Personal details
Born	September 18, 1937 (1937-09-18) (age 74)

General Mansour el-Essawi (Arabic: منصور العيسوى‎, IPA: [mɑnˈsˤuːɾ elˈʕesæwi]) is an Egyptian politician, the former Minister of the Interior. He was appointed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on 5 March 2011.^[1]

General el-Essawi is born in the Qena Governorate on 18 September 1937. He is licensed in law (LL.B.) with a Diploma in police science from The Egyptian Police College in 1959. In 1973, he was granted a Diploma from Arabic Studies and Research Institute of the Arab League. He joined Cairo Police after graduation^[2].

On 1/7/1983, he worked as a police inspector in The General Administration of Inspection and Censorship, and then became The Under Secretary of the same administration on 2/8/1986. He was assigned Director General of Police of Giza on 25/10/1988. Later on 2/8/1991 he was assigned Assistant Minister of Interior for Northern Upper Egypt Zone. On 2/8/1992 he was assigned as Assistant Minister of Interior for Central Upper Egypt Zone.

On 29/10/1995 he was assigned Assistant Minister of Interior, Director General of Police of Cairo, and was committed to be in charge of the tasks of The First Assistant Minister of Interior for Central Zone.

On 16/1/1996, he was appointed as a Governor of El-Menya Governorate.

On 1988, he was awarded the Order of Excellence of the first class. And he participated in several local and International security conferences.

The state news agency MENA quoted Essawy as saying his priorities included reinforcing security across Egypt.^[3] Egyptian media reports said Essawy was previously the first deputy minister of security of Cairo and Giza governorates and an ex-governor of Minya Governorate. He was reported to be popular for his efforts to curb corruption.^[4]

References

^ Egypt appoints post-Mubarak interior minister, Reuters Africa, 5 March 2011
^ http://www.moiegypt.gov.eg/English/AboutMOI/MinisterProfile/MinisterProfile.htm
^ Egypt appoints post-Mubarak interior minister, Reuters Africa, 5 March 2011
^ Egypt appoints post-Mubarak interior minister: MENA, Reuters Africa, 6 March 2010

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Political offices
Preceded by Mahmoud Wagdy	Minister of Interior 2011–present	Incumbent

Cabinet of Essam Sharaf

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
Vice Prime Minister	Yehia El-Gamal (resigned) Ali El-Selmy (incumbent)	2011	Ministry of Interior	Mansour el-Essawy	2011
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation	Ayman Farid Abu-Hadid	2011	Ministry of Justice	Mohamed Abdel Aziz Ibrahim El-Gendy	2011
Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs	Zahi Hawass^†	2011-March 2011	Ministry of State for Local Development	Mohsen El-Nomani Mohamed Hafez^†	2006
Ministry of Civil Aviation	Ibrahim Manna	2011	Ministry of Manpower and Migration	Ahmed Hassan El-Boraei Ahmed Al-Boraei^†	2005
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Magued Osman	2011	Ministry of State for Military Production	Sayed Meshaal	2011
Ministry of Culture	Emad Badr El-Din Mahmoud Abu Ghazy	2011	Ministry of Petroleum and Metallurgical Wealth	Mohamed Abdalla Mohamed Abdel Menim Ghorab^†	1999
Ministry of Education and Higher Education	Ahmed Gamal Eddin Moussa	2011	Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation	Faiza Abu Naga	2011
Ministry of Electricity and Energy	Hassan Younes	2011	Ministry of Religious Endowment (Awkaf)	Abd Alla Al-Husseni Ahmed Helal	2011
Ministry of State for the Environment Affairs	Maged George^†	2004	Ministry of Scientific Research, Science and Technology	Amr Ezzat Salama	2011
Ministry of Finance	Samir Radwan	2011	Ministry of Social Solidarity and Justice	Gouda Abdel Khalek^†	2005
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Mohamed Kamel Amr	2011	Ministry of Tourism	Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour	2011
Ministry of Health and Population	Ashraf Hatem	2011	Ministry of Trade and Industry	Samir El-Sayiad	2011
Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development	Mohamed Fathy El-Baradei	2011	Ministry of Transportation	Atef Abdel Hamid Moustafa	2011
()			Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation	Hussien Ehsan Al-Atfy	2011

Governor - Central Bank of Egypt	Farouk Abd El Baky El Okdah	2011	Minister without portfolio; GID Chief	Murad Muwafi	2011
Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority	Ahmed Ali Fadel^†	1996	Permanent Representative to the United Nations	Maged A. Abdelaziz	2011

^†Remained from previous administration. Below solid line: Granted Cabinet-level rank although not automatically part of the Cabinet.

Lists of Egyptian Ministers

Current Ministries	Prime Minister · Agriculture and Land Reclamation · Awqaf · Civil Aviation · Communications and Information Technology · Culture · Defence and Military Production · Education · Electricity and Energy · Finance · Foreign Affairs · Health · Housing, Utilities and Urban Development · Interior · Justice · Manpower and Migration · Petroleum and Metallurgical Wealth · Planning and International Cooperation · Scientific Research, Science and Technology · Social Solidarity and Justice · Tourism · Trade and Industry · Transportation · Water Resources and Irrigation

Ministries of State	Environmental Affairs · Local Development · Military Production

Minister of State	Antiquities Affairs

Persondata
Name	el-Essasi, Mansour
Alternative names
Short description	Egyptian politician, minister of interior
Date of birth	18 September 1937
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

Mansour el-Essawy

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