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The new Egyptian cabinet, announced by Prime Minister Hisham Qandil on August 2, was characterized by compromise and caution rather than an attempt by President Mohamed Morsi and his Freedom and Justice Party to dominate the political scene and confront the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
On August 13, President Morsi forced the retirement of Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and reshuffled the cabinet to include new ministers of defense and military production. The current Egyptian cabinet represents a departure from the cautious cabinet formation of August 2 and may reshape the nature of civilian oversight over Military ministers.
The cabinet includes only four members of the Freedom and Justice Party and one Muslim Brotherhood member, while retaining 7 ministers from former prime minister Kamal al-Ganzouri’s government. The former minister of interior, General Mohamed Ibrahim, was removed but replaced by another general, Ahmed Gamal al-Din. In addition to the Freedom and Justice Party, only two political parties, the Islamist al-Wasat Party and the al-Hadara Party, are represented in the cabinet with one ministerial post each. Other appointments are considered to be technocratic rather than political, although the political leanings of many cabinet members are still unclear. The cabinet includes only two women, one of whom is a Christian.
Absent from the cabinet are representatives of the Salafi al-Nour Party and of liberal or revolutionary organizations. Also notable is the exclusion of former minister of planning and international cooperation Fayza Abul Naga, who had occupied that position for twelve years and was at the center of the confrontation with the United States over the banning of U.S. democracy promotion NGOs.
Below is the list of cabinet members. Biographical information about the ministers will be posted as it becomes available.
The Cabinet:
|
Ministry |
Name of Minister |
Political Affiliation |
|
Prime Minister |
Dr. Hesham Qandil |
Independent |
|
Ministry of Defense |
Gen. Abdel Fatah Said El Sissy |
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces |
|
Ministry of Interior |
Gen. Ahmed Gamal El Din |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Mohamed Kamel Ali Amr |
Former Ganzouri minister |
|
Ministry of Finance |
Dr. Momtaz El-Saeed |
Former Ganzouri minister |
|
Ministry of Media |
Salah Abd El-Maqsood |
Muslim Brotherhood |
|
Ministry of Justice |
Ahmed Mekky (chancellor) |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Military Production |
Lt. Gen. Reda Mahmoud Hafez |
The Armed Forces |
|
Ministry of Industry and Trade |
Hatem Saleh (engineer) |
Al-Hadara Party |
|
Ministry of Tourism |
Hisham Zaezou |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Electricity and Energy |
Mahmoud Balbaa (engineer) |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
Hani Mahmoud (engineer) |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs |
Nagwa Khalil |
Former Ganzouri minister |
|
Ministry of Culture |
Dr. Mohamed Saber Arab |
Former Ganzouri minister |
|
Ministry of Manpower and Immigration |
Khaled Mahmoud Al-Azhari |
Freedom and Justice Party |
|
Ministry of Petroleum and Metallurgical Wealth |
Osama Kamal (engineer) |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) |
Dr. Talaat Mohamed Afifi Salem |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Supplies and Social Affairs |
Abou-Zeid Mohamed Abou-Zeid (engineer) |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation |
Dr. Ashraf Araby |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Education |
Dr. Ibrahim Ahmed Ghoneim Deif |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Health and Housing |
Dr. Mohamed Hamed Mostafa |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Cultivation |
Dr. Salah Abdel-Moamen Khalil |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Transportation |
Dr. Mohamed Rashad |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Investments |
Dr. Osama Saleh |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Civil Aviation |
Samir Imbabi |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Scientific Research |
Nadia Zakhary |
Former Ganzouri minister |
|
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation |
Dr. Mohamed Bahaa al-Din |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development |
Dr. Tareq Wafiq |
Freedom and Justice Party |
|
Ministry of Higher Education |
Dr. Mostafa Mosad |
Freedom and Justice Party |
|
Ministry of State for Youth |
Osama Yassin |
Freedom and Justice Party |
|
Ministry of State for Parliamentary Councils Affairs |
Dr. Mohamed Mahsoub |
Al-Wasat Party |
|
Ministry of Antiquities |
Mohamed Ibrahim |
Former Ganzouri minister |
|
Ministry of Environment |
Dr. Mostafa Hussein Kamel |
Former Ganzouri minister |
|
Ministry of Domestic Development |
Ahmed Zaki Abdeen |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Facilities |
Dr. Abdel-Qawi Khalifa |
Non-political appointee |
|
Ministry of State for Sports |
Al-Amry Farouq |
Non-political appointee |
