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Wednesday, 7 September 2016

New Supply Minister and governors sworn in today, cabinet reshuffle in October

The House of Representatives approved the appointment of Mohamed Ali Elsheikh as the new Supply Minister yesterday, Reuters reported. Elsheikh is a retired major general in the armed forces who the Associated Press reports was in charge of the military’s supply command, which is responsible for the distribution of food, water and fuel (among other things) to all units. After retirement about a year and a half ago, Elsheikh was named head of the armed forces’ public service division, whose discount food stores have been among the tools the state has used to cushion the poor and low-wage earners from the impact of inflation.

Elsheikh is expected to be sworn in today after President Abdel Fattah El Sisi returns from the G20 Hangzhou summit. As per constitutional requirements, Elsheikh’s appointment was approved by the House of Representatives after the president and prime minister agreed to his nomination. MP Magdy Malak, who chaired the committee which investigated the wheat fraud scandal that toppled former Supply Khaled Hanafy, praised the appointment of a member of the armed forces and urged Elsheikh to “restructure and reform” the ministry and the wheat subsidies system in call-in to “Mubasher min Al Asima” on On TV (runtime: 3:35).

New governors today, too? Al Masry Al Youm says El Sisi will also swear in anywhere between five and ten new governors at the same time as Elsheikh is sworn in. Among the governorates the paper claims are getting new chiefs: Cairo, Alexandria, Beni Suef, and Qalyubia. A wider cabinet reshuffle is in the works for October, sources tell Al Masry Al Youm. The shakeup will take place once the IMF funding agreement is approved, the sources say, hinting at a date sometime in October.

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