Eight new ministers were appointed in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, topped by the interior minister.
The new appointees are; Interior Minister Magdy Mohamed Abdel Hamid Abdel Ghafar, Tourism minister Khaled Abbas Rami, Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Khaled Ali Mohamed Negm, Culture Minister Abdel Wahid el-Nabawy Abdel Wahid, Education Minister Moheb Mahmoud Kamel el-Rafie, Agriculture Minister Salah Eddin Helal Mahmoud Helal, Vocational Education Minister Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Youssef and Population Minister Hala Mohamed Ali Youssef.