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11 New Deputy Ministers Named in Egypt's Cabinet Reshuffle


Sun 22 Dec 2019 | 02:49 PM
Ahmad El-Assasy

The House of Representatives, headed by Dr. Ali  Abdel-Aal, approved the cabinet reshuffle, in accordance with the decision of President Abdel Fatah El Sisi.

The Deputy Ministers came as follows:

Ghada Nabil, Deputy Minister of Communications.

Tareq Tawfiq, Deputy Minister of Health.

Montaser Mannaa, Deputy Minister of Aviation.

Ayman Ashour, Deputy Minister of higher education.

Ridha Hijazi, Deputy Minister of Education.

Ahmed Taher, Deputy Minister of Education.

Alaa Eddin Abdel Hakim, Deputy Minister of Petroleum.

Mustafa Al-Sayyad, Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

Sayed Ismail, Deputy Minister of Housing.

Raafat Abdel Aziz Hindi, Deputy Minister of Communications.

Ghada Shalaby, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities.

 

It is worth mentioning that the full list of the new ministers came as follows:

Counselor Omar Marwan appointed as Minister of Justice.

Khaled El-Anani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities.

Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation.

Nevin Jameh, Minister of Trade, Industry.

Alaa Fouad, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.

Osama Heikal, Minister of Information.

Dr. Hala Al-Saeed, Minister of Planning, and Economic Development.

Muhammad Manar, Minister of Civil Aviation.

Nevin El-Kabbaj, Minister of Social Solidarity.

Mohammed Al Qusair, Minister of Agriculture.

A number of ministerial portfolios have been merged together in the coming cabinet reshuffle. The tourism and antiquities ministries are merged under one portfolio, meanwhile, the ministry of investment and international cooperation is separated into two portfolios.

In previous statements, MP Mohamed Abdel Ghani said that the reshuffle comes, at this specific time, in response to people’s sense of dissatisfaction with the performance of the government, and the lack of a clear improvement in the living standards of most citizens.