Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Military-appointed Interim President Mansour Holds First Meeting With Egyptian Cabinet

Interim President Mansour holds first meeting with new Cabinet

Ahram Online, Tuesday 16 Jul 2013

After being sworn in Tuesday, Egypt's Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi holds its first meeting with Interim President Adly Mansour and vice president Mohamed ElBaradei

Interim President Adly Mansour held a meeting Tuesday evening with Egypt's new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi at the presidential palace in Cairo.

Adly discussed with cabinet ministers, sworn in on Tuesday, the latest political developments as well the role of the government in the upcoming transitional period. They also discussed issues related to improving the economic performance and services offered to Egyptians and achieving national security.

The meeting was also attended by vice president of foreign affairs Mohamed ElBaradei.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/76636.aspx


Egypt's interim president swears in first government

Ahram Online, Tuesday 16 Jul 2013

The new ministers take oath of office in front of interim President Adly Mansour Monday afternoon

Ministers of the new cabinet, headed by PM Hazem El-Beblawi, have been sworn in in front of interim president Adly Mansour at the presidential palace on Monday afternoon.

The final list of the ministers is as follows:

Ziad Bahaa El-Din, deputy prime minister and minister of international cooperation

General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, deputy prime minister and minister of defence

Ibrahim Mehleb, minister of housing, utilities and urban development

Osama Saleh, minister of investment

Ramzy George, minister of scientific research

Mohamed Ibrahim, minister of antiquities

Mohamed Saber Arab, minister of culture

Maha El-Rabat, minister of health

Abdel-Aziz Fadel, minister of civil aviation

Taher Abu Zaid, minister of sports

Ahmed Borai, minister of social solidarity

Kamal Abu Eita, minister of manpower

Hisham Zaazou, minister of tourism

Atef Helmy, minister of telecommunication

Khaled Abdel-Aziz, minister of youth

Laila Rashed Iskander, minister of environment

Air Marshall Reda Hafez, minister of military production

Mohamed Ibrahim, minister of interior

Ahmed Imam, minister of electricity and energy

Ahmed Sultan, minister of transport

Ashraf El-Arabi, minister of planning

Mohamed Abdel-Muttalib, minister of irrigation

Nabil Fahmy, minister of foreign affairs

Ayman Abu Hadid, minister of agriculture

Mohamed Abu Shadi, minister of supply

Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour, minister of industry and foreign trade

Mahmoud Abul Nasr, minister of education

Dorreya Sharaf El-Din, minister of information

Amin El-Mahdi, minister of transitional justice and national reconciliation

Ahmed Galal, minister of finance

Hossam Eisa, minister of higher education

Mukhtar Gomaa, minister of religious endowments

Sherif Ismail, minister of petroleum

Adel Labib, minister of local development

This piece was amended on Tuesday 16 July; the minister of petroleum was originally named as Mohamed Shoeib.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/76619.aspx


EU's Ashton visits Egypt to meet interim president, defence minister

MENA, Tuesday 16 Jul 2013

EU foreign affairs chief looks to discuss democracy in Egypt and transitional roadmap with Egyptian authorities

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton arrived in Egypt Tuesday to meet with interim President Adly Mansour and General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, defence minister, who has also been appointed as the first deputy prime minister.

Ashton is also scheduled to meet Nabil Fahmy, the newly-appointed foreign minister. She will be focusing on the democratic process in Egypt following the removal of former president Mohamed Morsi.

She is also expected to have talks with Egyptian authorities on the country's political roadmap.

Morsi was ousted on 3 July as part of the armed forces' roadmap for Egypt's future that was enforced in the wake of mass nationwide protests against Morsi.

The roadmap, which also saw the parliament's upper chamber dissolved and 2012 constitution frozen, includes parliamentary elections and consensual constitutional amendments.

The transitional period ends, as per the temporary constitutional declaration issued by Adly, after new presidential elections due next year.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/76651.aspx

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