Egypt's new cabinet takes oath
New members of the cabinet included Interior Minister Mohamed Youssef, Information Minister Ahmed Anis, Minister of Justice Abdel Abdel-Hamid Abullah, Finance Minister Momtaz el-Saeida and state ministers for antiquities, scientific research and environment.
The change of interior and information ministers had been a key demand of recent protests. The new interior minister was a former security chief of Giza governorate. The new information minister was chairman of the Egyptian satellite company NileSat.
Interior Minister Youssef said he would exert strenuous efforts to restructure police forces to meet the aspirations of the Egyptian people and make it a top priority to restore security and stability in Egypt's streets, the official agency MENA reported.
Meanwhile, Information Minister Ahmed Anis pledged reforms in accordance with people's demands.
The ministers of foreign affairs, planning and international cooperation, tourism, military production, local development, communications, irrigation, religious affairs retained their posts.
On Nov 25, 78-year-old Ganzouri was officially tasked to form a national salvation government by the military rulers after former Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's cabinet resigned under the pressure of consecutive days of protests.
As an economist, Ganzouri was the prime minister from 1996 to 1999 during the Mubarak regime and was one of the major designers of the country's economic reforms from the early 1990s.
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