Sisi Decides to Keep "Abdel Ghaffar" as Interior Minister… "Emad El-Din" First Tipped to Leave, and Maj. Gen. Bahaa Helmy Assistant Minister for Planning

Saturday 15 September 2018 — 4 Muharram 144

Private sources revealed to Donia El-Flous that Maj. Gen. Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, the Minister of Interior, will remain in his post in the expected cabinet reshuffle.

The sources added that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi praised Abdel Ghaffar's recent performance, particularly regarding the cathedral church incident, as well as his security plan and his handling of the events that struck the country. Sisi also praised the Interior Minister's transparency in dealing with some cases of violations by police officers and personnel against citizens, and his refusal to cover up any corruption. Sisi settled on keeping Abdel Ghaffar at the ministry because, in the President's words, there is no replacement of the same competence. Sisi also stated that the Minister of Health is the first tipped to leave, for his failure to manage all the crises of the Ministry of Health, his resounding failure in the issue of medicines and price manipulation, and his creation of many crises with some of his deputies, such as Dr. Ahmed Mohy, head of the Secretariat of Specialized Centers at the Ministry of Health, and his backtracking on most of his decisions, chief among them the decision to dismiss the Undersecretary of Health in Giza, Dr. Mohamed Azmy, whom the Health Minister had earlier decided to dismiss and replace with Dr. Abdel Rahman El-Mahdy, a decision he soon failed to implement. In a related context, Maj. Gen. Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, the Minister of Interior, issued a reshuffle that included the appointment of Maj. Gen. Mohamed Youssef as Assistant Minister for Transport and Communications. The reshuffle also included the following names: Maj. Gen. Saeed Shalaby, Assistant Minister for the Security Sector. Maj. Gen. Bahaa Helmy, Assistant Minister for Planning. Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Diab, Communications and Information Technology Sector. Maj. Gen. Hisham El-Tanahy, Director of the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies. Maj. Gen. Mostafa El-Qurashy, Director of the Technical Office. Maj. Gen. Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Assistant Minister for Training. Maj. Gen. Ahmed El-Omary, President of the Police Academy. Maj. Gen. Ahmed El-Masry, Assistant for the Legal Affairs Sector. Maj. Gen. Ahmed Ibrahim, Vice President of the Police Academy. Maj. Gen. Hisham Yehia, Director of the Police Academy. Maj. Gen. Khaled Shalaby, Fayoum Security Director. Maj. Gen. Ayman Gad, Assistant Minister for Economic Security. Maj. Gen. Samir Abdel Meguid, Assistant for Medical Services. Maj. Gen. Gamal Soltan, Assistant for Morale Affairs. Maj. Gen. Tarek El-Marakby, Director of the College of Training and Development. Maj. Gen. Essam El-Boshra, Director of the General Directorate of Work Permits. Maj. Gen. Alaa El-Dogwy, Assistant Minister for Specialized Police. Maj. Gen. Khaled Youssef, Social Welfare. Maj. Gen. Alaa Abu Hagaba, Deputy of the Planning Sector. Maj. Gen. Ali Ashraf, Director of Administrative Affairs. Maj. Gen. Hossam El-Nasr, Guards Sector. Maj. Gen. Atef Bandary, Civil Status. Maj. Gen. Mohamed El-Khalisy, Assistant Minister for Prisons. Maj. Gen. Mostafa Ragaey, Assistant Minister for the Sinai Region. Maj. Gen. Amr Nasr, Assistant Minister for the North Sector. Maj. Gen. Mostafa Ragaey, Sinai Region. Maj. Gen. Essam El-Hamaly, Assistant Minister for the South Sector. Maj. Gen. Khaled Shalaby, Assistant to the President of the Police Academy. Maj. Gen. Adel El-Tounsy, Beni Suef Security Director. Maj. Gen. Mohamed Fawzy, Port Said Head of Investigations. Maj. Gen. Khaled Fawzy, Assistant to the President of the Police Academy. Maj. Gen. Ahmed Shahin, Assistant Minister for the Documents Sector. Maj. Gen. Ahmed Anwar, Assistant Minister for the Passports Authority. In light of a number of assistant ministers reaching the legal retirement age and the promotion of a number of security directors, directors of general directorates and authorities and their deputies, the Minister of Interior approved a reshuffle at the Ministry of Interior aimed at injecting new blood from young personnel into leadership positions, as well as some key posts at middle and junior ranks. The main features of the reshuffle were as follows:- Maj. Gen. Samir Abdel Meguid, Assistant Minister for the Medical Services Sector. Maj. Gen. Mohamed Abdel Hamid Youssef, Assistant Minister for the Human Rights Sector. Maj. Gen. / Mahmoud Diab, Assistant Minister for the Communications Systems and Information Technology Sector. Maj. Gen. / Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Assistant Minister for the Training Sector. Maj. Gen. / Ahmed Shahin, Assistant Minister for the Documents Sector. Maj. Gen. / Lotfy Ayad, Assistant Minister for the Civil Status Authority Sector. Maj. Gen. Dr. / Ahmed El-Omary, Assistant Minister, President of the Police Academy. Maj. Gen. / Ayman El-Mallah, Dakahlia Security Director. Maj. Gen. / Mostafa El-Nemr, Alexandria Security Director. Maj. Gen. / Mohamed El-Khalisy, Assistant Minister for the Prisons Authority Sector. Maj. Gen. / Hisham Yehia, Director of the Police College. Maj. Gen. / Yasser Saber, Director of the General Directorate of Supply and Trade Police. Maj. Gen. / Ahmed Abdel Ghaffar El-Sayed, New Valley Security Director. Maj. Gen. / Adel Tounsy, Beni Suef Security Director. Maj. Gen. / Kassem Mohamed Kassem, Director of the General Directorate of Transport and Communications Police. Maj. Gen. / Khaled Shalaby, Fayoum Security Director. Maj. Gen. / Alaa El-Din Metwally, Director of the General Directorate of Cairo Traffic. It has been decided that the reshuffle will take effect from Monday the 13th of this month.