Interior minister approves reshuffle in top security ranks

CAIRO - 31 July 2018: Egypt's Minister of Interior ordered on Monday limited changes in the top echelons of the leadership of the ministry's sectors as part of an inter-ministry reshuffle and reassignment, the state news agency reported.

The ministry announced the names of 61 leaders appointed to top positions in various sectors and departments.

Security sources revealed that the reshuffle included the replacement of batches of 1980 and 1981 by batches of 1983 and 1984 to take the posts of security managers, while the batch of 1987 was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.

Social conditions and the humanitarian dimension were taken into consideration in the reshuffle to help officers do their duties effectively.

- Maj. Gen. Salah Abdel Gawwad, assistant minister for the training sector,

- Maj. Gen. Ahmed Iskandar, assistant minister for central security,

- Maj. Gen. Alaa el Din Selim, assistant minister for public security,

- Maj. Gen. Zakaria Abu Hashem, assistant minister for the personnel sector,

- Maj. Gen. Mohamed Mansour, Cairo security chief,

- Maj. Gen. Mostafa Abdel Hamid, Giza security chief,

- Maj. Gen. Reda el Sayyed, Qalubiya security chief,

- Maj. Gen. Abdullah Abdel Monem, Sharqiya security chief,

- Maj. Gen. Nael Mohamed, Aswan security chief,

- Maj. Gen. Magdy Ahmed el Sayyed, Minya security chief,

- Maj. Gen. Magdy Ahmed Mohamed, Qena security chief,

- Maj. Gen. Farid Mostafa Mohamed, Kafr el Sheikh security chief,

- Maj. Gen. Ahmed Amin, South Sinai security chief