Thursday, August 2, 2012

Egypt swears in first post-revolution cabinet with plenty of old guard


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President Mohammed Morsi awards posts to regime figures, sparking concerns that military still holds too much power

Abdel-Rahman Hussein
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 August 2012

"The first post-transitional Egyptian cabinet was officially sworn in Thursday amid criticism it contained too many old regime figures and further underlined the power the military still wields in post-revolution Egypt.....

The Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohammed Morsi, has taken a month to announce his cabinet, and there were very few surprises, with most appointments coming from within the varying ministry ranks, such as the minister for tourism and new interior minister, Ahmed Gamal Eldin, who was head of the general security directorate in the ministry. Some ministers from the previous caretaker government of Kamal El Ganzouri remained in place, including the finance minister and minister of foreign affairs......"

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