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These priorities include safeguarding national security and advancing Egypt’s foreign policy, alongside driving economic development, boosting production, energy, and food security, and investing in human development.
The meeting followed their swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace, during which the newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and several deputy ministers also took the oath of office.
Zaher succeeds Gen. Abdel Majeed Saqr, who had held the post since July 2024.
The reshuffle saw the restoration of the Ministry of Information to the government’s lineup.
The Egyptian House of Representatives approved a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, which includes the strategic merging and separation of several ministries.
The largest ever cabinet reshuffle in Egyptian history has taken place after 24 new ministers took oath Wednesday.
The ministers of the new government being formed, headed by Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, are scheduled to take oath Wednesday, at the Ittihadiya Palace.
Esmat is scheduled to be sworn in along with the other ministers on Wednesday.
Dr. Nevine Youssef El-Kilani, dean of the Higher Institute of Art Criticism at the Academy of Arts will serve as the minister of culture succeeding Inas Abdel Dayem.
A major cabinet reshuffle has been decreed by the House of Representatives, giving 13 ministerial positions to fresh politicians on Saturday while 18 others have kept their incumbents.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said that he invited the House of Representatives to convene on Saturday to discuss a reshuffle that includes a number of ministerial portfolios.
The Egyptian House of Representatives will hold an emergency session on Saturday to discuss a cabinet reshuffle for 13 ministerial portfolios, according to Extra News.
Parliament's secretary-general Ahmed Manaa said in a statement Friday that the House will hold an emergency session on Saturday at noon to discuss an “urgent file”.
Egypt’s House of Representatives will hold an urgent session Saturday, the Parliament's secretary-general Ahmed Manaa said in a statement Friday.
Egypt’s Ghada Waly, the newly-appointed executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has appreciated President Sisi’s full support to women, including nominating her for ministerial posts, as she left her post as social soli
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday met with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and the newly-appointed ministers and their deputies after they took the oath, where he urged them to continuously communicate with citizens and provide them with best servi
“I promised myself to be a land for the poor and women, a sky for those with disabilities toward different abilities and right that is, sure, they deserve,” Qabbaj earlier said, when it joined the solidarity ministry, State’s Al-Ahram reported.
Parliamentary sources told the press on Sunday that a cabinet reshuffle is expected to be announced today, December 22, 2019, including about ten ministries.
The Parliament will review a number of topics following Eid Al-Fitr holiday, including the program of the new Cabinet headed by PM Mostafa Madbouly.
Egypt's new cabinet has sworn-in Thursday, with 12 new ministers including the Interior and Defense ministries.
