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Egypt’s parliament approved on Tuesday with a majority nine new ministers as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
The new ministers are:
Sahar Nasr – minister of investment and international cooperation (a merger of two separate ministries)
Abdel-Moneim El-Banna – minister of agriculture, replacing Essam Fayed
Omar El-Khattab Arafa – minister of parliamentary affairs, replacing Magdy El-Agati
Ali El-Sayed Mosselhi – minister of supply and trade (a merger of two separate ministries)
Mohamed Hesham Zein El-Abdein El-Sherif – minister of local development, replacing Ahmed Zaki Badri
Hala Helmy El-Saeed Younis – minister of planning and administrative reform, replacing Ashraf El-Arabi
Khaled Atef Abdel-Ghaffar – minister of higher education and scientific research, replacing Ashraf El-Sheehy
Tarek Galal Shawki Ahmed Shawki – minister of education, replacing El-Hilali El-Sherbeeni
Hesham Arafat Mahdi Ahmed – minister of transportation, replacing Galal El-Said
