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Backgrounder: List of members of Egypt's new cabinet

Xinhua, September 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi swore in on Saturday a new government, just a week after the previous cabinet resigned following a corruption scandal.

Apart from new Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, the former oil minister, the new cabinet is composed of 33 ministers, including 16 new ministers.

The new ministers of the cabinet:

Helmy Namnam was sworn in as Minister of Culture.

Tareq Qabil was sworn in as Minister of Trade and Industry.

Nabila Makram Ebeid was sworn in as Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs.

Yasser el Qady was sworn in as Minister of Communications.

Sahar Nasr was sworn in as Minister of International Cooperation.

Saad el Geyoushi was sworn in as Minister of Transport.

Essam Fayed was sworn in as Minister of Agriculture.

Ashraf Shihi was sworn in as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Gamal Sorour was sworn in as Minister of Manpower.

Tareq el Molla was sworn in as Minister of Petroleum.

El Helali el Sherbini was sworn in as Minister of Education and Technical Education.

Magdy el Agati was sworn in as Minister of Legal Affairs and House of Representatives.

Mohamed el Assar was sworn in as Minister of Military Production.

Ahmed Zaki Badr was sworn in as Minister of Local Development.

Hisham Zaazou was sworn in as Minister of Tourism.

Ahmed Emad al-Deen Rady was sworn in as Minister of Health and Population.

The new cabinet kept a number of ministers in position, including:

Sameh Shokry as a Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Magdy Abdel Ghaffar as a Minister of Interior.

Ahmed al-Zend as a Minister of Justice.

Sobhy Sedqi as a Minister of Defense.

Ashraf al-Araby a Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform.

Mohammed Mokhtar as a Minister of Awqaf (Endowment)

Khaled Abdul Aziz as a Minister of Youths and sport.

Mustafa Madboly as a Minister Housing, Utilities and Urban Development.

Khaled Hanafy as a Minister of Supply and Internal Trade.

Mohammed Shaker al-Maraqby as a Minister of electricity and Renewable energy.

Hany Demian as a Minister of Finance.

Ghada Wali as a Minister of Social Solidarity.

Mohammed Hossam Kamal al-Deen as a Minister of Civil Aviation.

Khaled Fahmy as a Minister of Environment.

Hossam al-Deen Moghazi as a Minister of irrigation and Water Resources.

Mamdouh Mohammed Gad al-Damaty as a Minister of Antiquities.

Ashraf Salman as a Minister of Investment. Endi