Mahmoud Wagdy
{{Short description|Egyptian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mahmoud Wagdy
| image =
| order = Minister of Interior of Egypt
| president = Hosni Mubarak
Mohamed Tantawi (Acting)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|3|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Koum Hamada, Beheira
| term_start = 31 January 2011
| term_end = 5 March 2011
| predecessor = Habib el-Adly
| successor = Mansour el-Essawy
| party =
| native_name = محمود وجدي
| native_name_lang = ar
}}
Mahmoud Wagdy ({{Langx|ar|محمود وجدي}}, born 23 March 1948) is an Egyptian politician and a former minister of interior.
Early life and education
Wagdy was born in 1948.{{cite news|title=Profiles: Prominent figures in Egypt's new government|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-02/01/c_13715404.htm|accessdate=5 March 2013|agency=Xinhua News Agency|date=1 February 2011|location=Cairo|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907161907/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-02/01/c_13715404.htm|archivedate=7 September 2016}} He graduated from the Police Academy 1968.
Career
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2011/January/middleeast_January701.xml§ion=middleeast|title=Egypt forms new government|newspaper=Khaleej Times|date=31 January 2011}}{{cite news|title=Egypt appoints first post-Mubarak interior minister|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/03/07/2003497601|accessdate=5 March 2013|newspaper=Taipei Times|date=7 March 2011|agency=Reuters and AFP|location=Cairo}}{{cite journal|last=Sharp|first=Jeremy M.|title=Egypt: The January 25 Revolution and Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy|journal=CRS Report for Congress|date=11 February 2011|url=https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/157112.pdf|accessdate=5 March 2013}} Wagdy's tenure lasted brief and was replaced by Mansour el-Essawy who was appointed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on 5 March 2011.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-minister-interior-idUSTRE72508K20110306 Egypt appoints post-Mubarak interior minister], Reuters Africa, 5 March 2011{{cite news|title=Egypt PM appoints new key ministers|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/03/2011365436227288.html|accessdate=5 March 2013|work=Al Jazeera|date=6 March 2011}}
References
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Category:People from Beheira Governorate
Category:Interior ministers of Egypt
Category:People of the Egyptian revolution of 2011
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