House reps elect new committee heads: The House of Representatives elected yesterday new heads for its 25 committees. Members of the pro-government Support Egypt Coalition, the largest political bloc in parliament, will run a number of key committees, according to Youm7’s Parlmany. The coalition’s Rep. Ahmed Samir was announced as chairman of the House Economic Committee after running unopposed. Samir will be taking point on key pieces of legislation including the showdown between the Real Estate Tax Act and the Returns Act, as well as the customs, SMEs and insurance acts.

Among the committee chairs appointed yesterday:

• Economics — Ahmed Samir (Support Egypt);
• Budget and Planning — Hussein Eissa (Support Egypt);
• Legislative — Bahaa Abo Shoka (Wafd Party head);
• Industry — Farag Amer (Support Egypt);
• SMEs — Mohamed Kamal Marei (Support Egypt);
• Energy and Environment — Talaat El Sewedy (Wafd Party);
• Transport — Hisham Abdel Wahed (Mostakbal Watan Party);
• Tourism and Civil Aviation — Amr Sedky (independent);
• Housing — Alaa Waly (Support Egypt);
• Education — Samy Hashem (Support Egypt);
• Healthcare — Mohamed El Ammary (independent);
• Agriculture — Hesham El-Shiini (Free Egyptians Party);
• Housing and Public Utilities — Alaa Waly (independent);
• Manpower — Gebaly El Maraghy (Egyptian Trade Union Federation chairman)
• Telecoms and IT — Ahmed Badawy (Future of the Homeland);
• Media, Culture and Antiquities — Osama Heikal (Support Egypt);
• Social Solidarity — Abdel Hady El Kassaby (Support Egypt head);
• Defense — Kamal Amer (Homeland Defenders Party);
• Foreign Affairs — Karim Darwish (Support Egypt).

You can view the full list here, courtesy of Youm7.