At the presidential palace in New Alamein city on Sunday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi saw the swearing-in of Egypt’s 13 new ministers in the government of Mostafa Madbouly, the prime minister since 2018.
The ministries for irrigation, education, health, higher education, emigration, tourism, trade and industry, civil aviation, manpower, culture, local development, public business sector, and military production were among those authorised by the parliament at an extraordinary session on Saturday.
Other important portfolios, such as those for foreign affairs, power, agriculture, defense, interior, finance, supply, planning, environment, telecommunications, social cohesion, transport, housing, petroleum, youth, and international cooperation, stayed the same.
The third and second significant overhaul of Madbouly’s administration, following the replacement of 10 ministers in December 2019, took place on Saturday. After previous PM Sherif Ismail, Mabdouly, who was the housing minister at the time, was given the task of assembling the cabinet.
“The president urged the new ministers to show impartiality, objectivity and dedication, consolidate the principle of efficiency, and to make the utmost effort as a consistent management approach to advance the nation’s interest in the first place,” Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement today.
El-Sisi added in a meeting with the new ministers that this is because of the enormous responsibility those ministers carry as a result of global changes that have affected the entire world, including Egypt, and imposed numerous challenges that demand continuous diligent work with a strong and tireless will.
In order to offer citizens the greatest services possible within the purview of each ministry, the president emphasized to the ministers the value of routine communication with them.
Additionally, he urged the people to be made more aware of the state’s domestic, regional, and international difficulties as well as the initiatives, successes, and current advances occurring as part of the all-encompassing progress Egypt has experienced across its governorates.
According to the statement, El-Sisi asked the ministers to fully comprehend the resources and authority at their disposal through their respective ministries, organizations, and agencies.
The president reaffirmed the significance of effectively managing these resources in order to maximize results and create working procedures that would provide the greatest benefits and returns.
In order for the planned work to be successful and become a reality on the ground, El-Sisi also urged the ministers to pay particular attention to the effectiveness of the implementation mechanisms.
The newly-reshuffled government of Madbouly now includes 33 cabinet ministers as follows:
1- Mostafa Madbouly: Prime Minister
2- Mohamed Shaker: Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy
3- El-Sayed El-Quseir: Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation
4- Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa: Minister of Religious Affairs and Wakfs (religious endowments)
5- Mohamed Zaki: Minister of Defence
6- Mahmoud Tawfik: Minister of Interior
7- Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar: Minister of Health and Population
8- Sameh Shoukry: Minister of Foreign Affairs
9- Mohamed Maait: Minister of Finance
10- Ali Moselhi: Minister of Supply and Internal Trade
11- Hala El-Said: Minister of Planning and Economic Development
12- Mohamed Salaheddin: Minister of State for Military Production
13- Ahmed Eissa Taha Eissa: Minister of Tourism and Antiquities
14- Yasmine Fouad: Minister of Environment
15- Hesham Abdel-Ghani Amna: Minister of Local Development
16- Hani Suweilam: Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources
17-Amr Talaat: Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology
18- Nevine El-Kilani: Minister of Culture
19- Nevine El-Qabbaj: Minister of Social Solidarity
20- Hassan Shehata: Minister of Manpower and Immigration
21- Soha Samir: Minister of Emigration and Expatriates Affairs
22- Mohamed Abbas: Minister of Civil Aviation
23- Kamel El-Wazir: Minister of Transport
24- Ahmed Samir Saleh: Minister of Industry and Trade
25- Mahmoud Mostafa Esmat: Minister of Public Enterprise
26- Reda Hegazi: Minister of Education and Technical Education
27- Mohamed Ayman Ashour: Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
28- Assem El-Gazzar: Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development
29- Tarek El-Molla: Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
30- Ashraf Sobhy: Minister of Youth and Sports
31- Omar Marwan: Minister of Justice
32- Rania Al-Mashat: Minister of International Cooperation
33- Alaaeddin Fouad: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
