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| Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim |
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|---|---|
| Minister of Interior of Egypt | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 December 2011 |
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| President | Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Mansour el-Essawy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 23, 1947 |
'Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim' is the current Minister of Interior in the Egyptian Government. Retired from the Ministry in 2007, Ibrahim was appointed on December 7, 2011 by Kamal Ganzouri, the Prime Minister of Egypt. He was born in Alexandria Egypt on January 23, 1947 and graduated with a diploma in Police Science from The Egyptian Police College in 1968. After graduating, he joined Cairo Police Directorate, then worked in the Public Security Sector.In 2001, Ibrahim became Assistant Minister of Interior for Central Upper Egypt. One year later he was assigned to be Assistant Minister of Interior for Prisons Department.The next year he was appointed Assistant Minister of Interior, Director General of Giza Police Directorate. In 2006 Ibrahim was promoted to First Assistant Minister of Interior for The Economic Security Sector from which he retired in 2007.[1]
During his tenure in Upper Egypt from 1989 to 1999, there were several terrorist attacks by Islamic fundamentalists.In December 2005,an incident known as the “Mostafa Mahmoud massacre” occurred in Cairo under his command, earning him serious criticism for the violence used against Sudanese refugees.[2]