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Egypt: Details of cabinet reshuffle leaked
Bikya Masr Published in Bikya Masr on 21 - 02 - 2011

CAIRO: Yehia al-Gamal, a constitutional scholar, along with other sourced has leaked information to local newspapers regarding the makeup of the cabinet reshuffle set to be disclosed in the next few days. The reshuffle with reportedly appoint four new ministers and dismiss others who were members of former president Hosni Mubarak's ruling National Democratic Party.
Al-Gamal, who was offered the post of the deputy Prime Minister and accepted it, revealed that a wide range reshuffle will be done and will be declared officially within 48 hours.
Al-Gamal said the current caretaker government will continue to be headed by Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, and will include Dr. Amr Salama as the Minister of Scientific Research and Mohammed Abdel Moneim El Sawy, the founder of El Sawy Cultural Wheel, as Minister of Culture, replacing Gaber Asfour, who resigned the day Mubarak stepped down. The government will also include new names, such as Hany Serry El Din as the Minister of Commerce; Georgette Qellini as the Minister of Egyptians Abroad (a new position in the cabinet); the Ministry of Education and Higher Education will be merged into one Ministerial Post, to be given to Ahmed Gamal Moussa; Ahmed Salah will be named Minister of Petroleum; Mounir Fakhry Abdel Noor, a member of al-Wafd Party and a prominent Copt, will be named the Minister of Tourism; and Gouda Abdel Khale` as the Minister of Social Insurance.
Other sources said that the Cabinet will exclude leading NDP Ministers to meet the demands of the protesters, including figures such as Mamdouh Marei, Minister of Justice; Mufid Shehab, Minister of Legal Parliamentary Affairs; Aisha Abdel-Hady, minister of Manpower; and Sameh Fahmi, Minister of Petroleum. It also said that Dr. Ahmed Abul Gheit, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will remain in his post.
Sources said there is a possibility that the portfolio of Information will be abolished, a matter which would please millions of protesters who view the Ministry of Information as a remnant of dictatorship that only exists in countries ruled by authoritarian regimes.
A one million person protest is being planned for Tuesday by the coalition of the youth of the 25 January revolution in Tahrir Square, marching towards the headquarters of the Cabinet to force the resignation of the current caretaker government.
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