Eleven new provincial governors were sworn-in Saturday by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, 9 of them have military backgrounds. Only two of the 11 new governors are civilians. The newcomers do not include women or Copts, the latter a minority in Egypt. One of the new governors has been appointed for Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria; while another governor was named for Al Sharqiya. Late Friday, Sharqiya governor Reda Abdel-Salam was sacked from his position by the cabinet for unclear reasons. In late October, Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail accepted the resignation of Hani El-Mesery, the governor of Alexandria, after flooding in the governorate caused the deaths of several people as well as widespread property damage. There are 27 provincial governors in Egypt overall. - Major General Ahmed Helmi Al-Haytamy (Suez): He was formerly assigned as governor of Matrouh, on the border with restive Libya, in 2012 by ousted president Mohamed Morsi. - Major General Kamal El-Daly (Giza, southern Nile Delta): He served as the Head of Giza Security Directorate. - Major General Ahmed Deif Saqr (Gharbeya, Nile Delta): He served as security head of Aswan and then Luxor, followed by being the assistant to minister of interior for planning division. - Staff Brigadier General Adel Ibrahim Ghadban (Port Said, Suez Canal). - Major General Magdy Hegazy (Aswan, Upper Egypt): He served as deputy minister of defence. - Major General Tarek Nasr (Minya, Upper Egypt): He was head of Security Directorate of Assiut then Giza. - Major General Khaled Mohamed Saeed Shehata (Sharqia, Central and East Nile Delta). - Reda Mohamed Mohie El-Din Farahat (Qalyubia, Nile Delta). - Eng. Mohamed Abdul Zaher (Alexandria). - Major General El-Sayed Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Nasr (Kafr El-Sheikh, west of Nile Delta). - Eng. Sherif Habib (Beni Suef, Upper Egypt): He served as vice chairman of the Egyptian leading construction firm, Arab Contractors.
