Sherif Ismail’s cabinet takes oath
Adetokunbo Fakeye with agency report
….15 new ministers join the government
Members of the new government headed by Prime Minster Sherif Ismail took oath Saturday in front of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
According to Daily News Egypt, Hossam El-Kawish, spokesperson of the cabinet, announced that the new government includes 33 ministers, 15 of which are newcomers.
The new ministers are:
Magdy El-Agaty, Minister of Transitional Justice and Parliament Affairs; Ahmed Zaki Badr, Minister of Local Development; Mohamed al-Assar, Minister of Military Production; Hisham , Minister of Tourism; Helmi Al-Nemnem, Minister of Culture; Yasser Al-Qadi, Minister of Communications; Nabila Abdul Shaheed, Minister of Immigration; Sahar Nasr, Minister of International Cooperation; El-Helaly El-Sherbiny, Minister of Education and Technical Education; Tarek Al-Mola, Minister of Petroleum: Gamal Seror, Minister for Manpower; Ashraf Al-Shehy, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Saad Al-Geoshy, Minister of Transport; Tarek Qabil, Minister of Industry and Trade; Essam Fayyed, Minister of Agriculture
Prominent ministers who survived the cabinet reshuffle are the Interior Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Defense Minister, the Health Minister, and the Justice
