Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub
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Colonel Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub ( ar, محمد عبد السلام المحجوب, ''Muḥammad `Abdul-Salām al-Maḥgūb'') (1935 – 31 January 2022) was an Egyptian politician. Through 2006 to his death, he was the Minister of Local Development in the
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. He was previously Governor of Alexandria Governorate, his term expiring upon his appointment to the Cabinet. Mahgoub was born in
Dakahlia Governorate Dakahlia Governorate ( ar, محافظة الدقهلية ', ) is an Egyptian governorate lying northeast of Cairo. Its area is approximately 3,500 km2. Although the capital of the governorate is Mansoura, it got its name from the ancient to ...
in 1935. Prior to entering politics, Maghoub had been an officer of the Egyptian Army, having graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1955 with a degree in
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. He was assigned as
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in several Egyptian embassies around the world prior to being appointed Vice-Chair of National Security in 1992. He subsequently served as Governor of Ismaïlia prior to being reassigned to Alexandria in 1997. He was seeking election to the People's Assembly for the District of al-Raml in Alexandria. He sought to replace the retiring Sobhy Saleh Moussa Abu Amer. Mahgoub died on 31 January 2022, at the age of 86.


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, 1990s–2000s


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1935 births 2022 deaths Date of birth missing Local Development ministers of Egypt Egyptian Military Academy alumni National Democratic Party (Egypt) politicians People from Dakahlia Governorate Governors of Alexandria {{egypt-politician-stub