Meet your new Council of Ministers
Sherif Ismail met his deadline: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi swore-in a new cabinet on Saturday, led by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail. Notably, there are three fewer ministers in cabinet this time around (33 vs. 36 in the Mahlab government), with the sovereign and economic group posts remaining unchanged, save for the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Also worth noting: We’re apparently at the end of our national transition period, because the Ministry of Transitional Justice is gone (and Mohamed El Heneidy with it), replaced by the Ministry for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
Download Ittihadiya’s full list of ministers (with complete names and official transliterations) here in DOC format.
We’ve triaged the list below to make it a bit easier to decipher who’s back, who’s now and which ministries have been merged.
Returning ministers
| Ministry | Minister |
| Ministry of Defense | Sedki Sobhi |
| Ministry of Interior | Magdi Abdel-Ghaffar |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Sameh Shoukry |
| Ministry of Justice | Ahmed El Zend |
| Ministry of Finance | Hani Qadri Demian |
| Ministry of Investment | Ashraf Salman |
| Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development | Mostafa Madbouli |
| Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs | Khaled Fahmy |
| Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy | Mohamed Shaker |
| Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation | Hossam Moghazi |
| Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade | Khaled Hanafy |
| Ministry of Religious Endowments | Mukhtar Gomaa |
| Ministry of Social Solidarity | Ghada Wali |
| Ministry of State for Youth and Sports | Khaled Abdel Aziz |
| Ministry of Civil Aviation | Mohamed Hossam Kamel |
| Ministry of Planning and Administrative Reform | Ashraf El-Araby |
| Ministry of State for Antiquities | Mamdouh El Damaty |
Newcomers to Cabinet / New to their post
| Office | Old | New |
| Prime Minister | Ibrahim Mahlab | Sherif Ismail |
| Ministry of International Cooperation | Naglaa el-Ahwany | Sahar Nasr |
| Ministry of Culture | Abdel-Wahed El-Nabawi | Helmy El Namnam |
| Ministry of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | Ibrahim El-Heneidy | Magdy El Agaty |
| Ministry of Transportation | Hany Dahy | Saad El Geyoushi |
| Ministry of Tourism | Khaled Abbas Rami | Mohamed Hisham Zaazou |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation | Salah El-Din Helal | Essam Fayed |
| Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Khaled Ali Negm | Yasser El Qady |
| Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources | Sherif Ismail | Tarek El Molla |
| Ministry of Manpower | Nahed Ashri | Gamal Serour |
| Ministry of Industry, Trade and Small Industries | Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour | Tarek Qabil Abdel Aziz |
| Minister of State for Military Production | Ibrahim Younis | Mohamed El Assar |
| Minister of State for Local Development | Adel Labib | Ahmed Zaki Badr |
| Ministry of State for Migration and Expatriates Affairs | – | Nabila Makram Wasef |
Merged
| Old Ministry | Post | New Ministry | Post |
| Ministry of Health | Adel El-Adawi | Ministry of Health and Population | Ahmed Emad El Din Rady |
| Ministry of State for Population | Hala Mohammed Youssef | ||
| Ministry of Higher Education | Sayed Abdel Khaleq | Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research | Ashraf El Shihi |
| Ministry of Scientific Research | Sherif Hamad | ||
| Ministry of Education | Moheb El-Refai | Ministry of Education and Technical Education | Helaly El Sherbini |
| Ministry of Technical Training and Education | Mohamed Ahmed Yousef |