Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim ( ar, محمد يوسف إبراهيم; born 23 January 1947) is a former

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in the

Egyptian Government The politics of Egypt are based on republicanism, with a semi-presidential system of government. The current political system was established following the 2013 Egyptian military coup d'état, and the takeover of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. ...

. Retired from the ministry in 2007, Ibrahim was appointed on 7 December 2011 by

Kamal Ganzouri Kamal Ganzouri ( ar, كمال الجنزورى, ‎; 12 January 1933 – 31 March 2021) was an Egyptian economist who served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 7 December 2011 to 24 July 2012. He previously served as prime minister from 1996 ...

, then prime minister of Egypt. Ibrahim was replaced by his aide

Ahmed Gamal El Din Ahmed Gamal El Din (born 11 November 1952) is a retired police general and Egypt's former minister of interior. He served in the Qandil cabinet. Early life and education El Din was born on 11 November 1952 in Gharbiya Province, Egypt. Abdel Ah ...

in an August 2012 cabinet reshuffle by

Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012 Sohag Sohag ( , ), also spelled as ''Sawhāj'', ''Suhag'' and ''Suhaj'', is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. It has been the capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, before which the capital was Girga and the name of the governorate was ...

, Egypt, on 23 January 1947. He was conscripted into the Egyptian Army in 1965 at the age of 18 and served in an Infantry Mortar regiment and participated in the

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. He later joined the Egyptian Police College and graduated in 1968 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the National Police.

Career

After graduating, Ibrahim joined Cairo Police Directorate, then worked in the public security sector as a precinct officer. In the 1970s, he was posted in the State Security. He served as director of the Security Directorates of

Sohag Sohag ( , ), also spelled as ''Sawhāj'', ''Suhag'' and ''Suhaj'', is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. It has been the capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, before which the capital was Girga and the name of the governorate was ...

and

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in the 1990s. In 2001, Ibrahim became assistant minister of interior for Central Upper Egypt. In 2002, he was appointed assistant minister of interior for prisons department. In 2003 he was appointed assistant minister of interior and the director general of Giza police directorate. In 2006, Ibrahim became first assistant minister of interior for the economic security sector and he retired in 2007.

Controversy

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.

References

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