Badr began his career as a police officer in 1947. since his brutal policies were experienced everywhere in the country, including the universities. and replaced by
Abdul Halim Moussa in the post. and nobody was hurt in the blast.{{cite news|title=Egypt Interior Minister Unhurt in Bomb Blast|location=Cairo
Controversy When he was interior minister, Badr referred to Islamist extremists as "mad dogs, with all respect to dogs." In 1994, Badr and his successor as interior minister Abdul Halim Moussa accused each other of corruption and wrongdoing.{{cite news|author=Robert Fisk|title=Algeria's past may be Egypt's future|date=21 February 1994|access-date=23 December 2012 ==Personal life and death==