Colonel Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub (Arabic: 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 Cabinet of Egypt. He was previously Governor of Alexandria Governorate, his term expiring upon his appointment to the Cabinet.[1][2]
Mahgoub was born in Dakahlia Governorate in 1935.[1] 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 military science. He was assigned as military attaché 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.[1]
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.[3][4]
Mahgoub died on 31 January 2022, at the age of 86.[5]
See also
- Timeline of Alexandria, 1990s–2000s
References
- ^ a b c الهئة العامة للأستعلانات-السياسة-النظام السياسي-السلطة التنفيذية-الوزارات و الوزراء-وزارة التنمية المحلية (in Arabic). Egyptian State Information Service. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ عن المحجوب (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Al-Mahgoub takes tour round Bakos". Al-Masry Al-Youm. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ أعضاء مجلس الشعب لبرلمان 2005-2010 (in Arabic). Egyptian State Information Service. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ "وفاة وزير التنمية المحلية ومحافظ الإسكندرية الأسبق عبد السلام المحجوب". Cairo 24. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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