CAIRO: Egypt swore in 14 new ministers today before the head of the country's ruling military council, Hussein Tantawi. Tantawi held a meeting with all 27 ministers, including Prime Minister Essam Sharaf. The Cabinet announced earlier on its Facebook page that Sharaf had "completed his consultations to form a new government." This is the second ministerial reshuffle since the February resignation of Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak, following 18 days of popular uprising. Newly appointed ministers: - Foreign minister: Mohamed Kamel Amr - Finance minister, deputy PM for economic affairs: Hazem al-Beblawi - Health minister: Amr Hilmi - Communications minister: Mohamed Salem - Agriculture minister : Salah Farag - Minister for domestic development: Mohammed Atiya - Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments): Mohammed Abdel Fadil al-Qawsi - Transportation minister: Ali Zain al-Abidin Haikal - Higher education minister: Mutaz Khorshid - Aviation minister: Lutfi Kamal - Minister of State for Military Production: Ali Sabri - Minister for Foreign Trade and Industry: Mahmud Eissa - Irrigation minister: Hisham Qandil - Environment minister: Maged Ilyas Ghattas Ministers retained from the former government: - Prime minister: Essam Sharaf - Interior minister: Mansour al-Issawy - Justice minister: Mohamed el-Gendy - Electricity minister: Hassan Yunis - Minister of planning and international cooperation: Fayza Abul Naga - Housing minister: Fathi al-Baradei - Education minister: Ahmed Gamal al-Din Moussa - Minister of social solidarity and social justice: Gouda Abdel Khalik - Tourism minister: Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour - Minister of Manpower and Immigration: Ahmed al-Boraei - Culture minister: Emad Abu Ghazy - Minister of petroleum and mineral resources: Mohammed Ghorab - Information minister: Osama Haikal ___ Additional reporting by DENDRAWY EL HAWARY. Translated by HEBA HABIB.
