Egypt's newly formed cabinet, led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb, was sworn in on Saturday afternoon. Mehleb was appointed by President Adly Mansour after the resignation of Hazem El-Beblawi on Monday. Twenty ministers from the cabinet of outgoing prime minister Hazem El-Beblawi will retain their positions in the new cabinet. Eleven new ministers have been selected. The cabinet reshuffle saw 12 ministries merged to become six: the ministries of trade and investment were combined, as were the planning and cooperation ministries, the youth and sports ministries, the higher education and scientific research ministries, the local and administrative development ministries, and the ministries of transitional justice and of parliamentary affairs. Field Marshal Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi, who is also the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, will continue as defence minister. If El-Sisi stands for president -- as is widely expected -- he must resign from his ministerial post and his position as head of the armed forces. Interim President Adly Mansour issued on Wednesday a decree that states that the defence minister must be a military officer and have served in the armed forces at the rank of major general for at least five years. Many of the outgoing cabinet's most highly recognised figures will not be joining the new lineup, including Hossam Eissa, who served as deputy prime minister and higher education minister, Kamal Abu-Eita, who was manpower minister, and finance minister Ahmed Galal. Ministers from El-Beblawi's government who will remain in their posts are: 1. Minister of Defence Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi 2. Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim 3. Minister of Tourism Hisham Zazou 4. Minister of Transportation Ibrahim Domeiri 5. Minister of Communication Atef Helmy 6. Minister of Local Development Adel Labib 7. Minister of Agriculture Ayman Abu Hadid 8. Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim 9. Minister of Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation Amin A-Mahdy 10. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Noor. 11. Minister of Culture Saber Arab 12. Minister of Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ashraf El-Arabi 13. Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy 14. Minister of Information Doreya Sharaf El-Din 15. Minister of Environment Laila Iskandar 16. Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail 17.Minister of Religious Endowments Mokhtar Gomaa 18.Minister of Education Mahmoud Abou El-Nasr 19. Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Moteleb 20. Minister of Sports and Youth Khaled Abdel-Aziz Newly appointed ministers: 1. Minister of Justice Nayer Abdel-Moneim Othman 2. Minister of Military Production Ibrahim Younis 3. Minister of Health Adel El-Adawi 4. Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouli 5. Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Wael El-Degwi 6. Minister of Manpower Nahed Ashri 7. Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy 8. Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker 9. Minister of Finance Hani Qadri Demian 10. Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali 11. Minister of Aviation Mohamed Hossam Kamal http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/95577.aspx
