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Thursday, 8 September 2016

New Supply Minister, six new governors sworn in

New Supply Minister Mohamed Ali Elsheikh was sworn in as the new Supply Minister on Wednesday (watch, runtime: 2:44). Ensuring that all supplies including bread will remain available at reasonable prices is his top priority, Elsheikh said in his first statement after taking office, Al Mal noted. As we reported yesterday, Elsheikh’s background as the former chief quartermaster of the Armed Forces was seen as a positive by members of the House of Representatives. Six new governors also took the oath office yesterday, with the majority of them coming from military or security backgrounds. They include:

  • Gen. Atef Abdelhamid, Cairo: Chief executive of EgyptAir during the Mubarak era and Transport Minister in the Essam Sharaf cabinet;
  • Gen. Reda Farahat, Alexandria: Held senior positions with the Alexandria and Ismailia police forces and was a board member of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority;
  • Gen. Essam El Bedeiwy, Minya: A high ranking officer who has held senior positions at the Interior Ministry;
  • Gen. Ahmed Hamed Hassan, Suez: Former Dean of the Air Defence College;
  • Amr Abdel Moneim, Qalyubiyah: Outgoing secretary-general of the Egyptian cabinet, a post he had held since 2013;
  • Gamal Samy Ali, Fayoum: noted pediatrician and academicand formerVice President of Ain Shams University.

Meanwhile, rumors continue to make the rounds of Cairo that Prime Minister Sherif Ismail could consider a cabinet shuffle in October.

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