Mahmoud Wagdy محمود وجدي |
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Minister of Interior of Egypt | |
In office 31 January 2011 – 5 March 2011 |
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President |
Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Tantawi (Acting) |
Preceded by | Habib el-Adly |
Succeeded by | Mansour el-Essawy |
Personal details | |
Born | 1948 (age 68–69) Kom Hamada , Beheira |
Mahmoud Wagdy (born 1948) is an Egyptian politician and a former minister of interior.
Wagdy was born in 1948. He graduated from the Police Academy 1968.
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. Wagdy's tenure lasted brief and was replaced by Mansour el-Essawy who was appointed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on 5 March 2011.