The new government of Egypt swore

On Monday, January 31, the new Government of Egypt took the oath to President Hosni Mubaraku. It is reported by Reuters.

The post of prime minister was occupied by Ahmed Shafik, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was headed by Mahmoud Wagdi, Samir Revvan came to the place of the Yusef Gali finance, Jaber Askfur became the Minister of Culture. The Minister of Defense of Egypt Hussein Tantavi and the Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gate preserved their posts. Also, ministers of communication, justice, information, oil and energy remained in their places.

In addition, a new position appeared in the government - the Minister of Antiquities. She was occupied by the famous Egyptologist Zahi Havas. The posts of the Minister of Education and Tourism remain vacant.

At the same time, the vice president of Egypt Omar Suleiman proposed to the head of state a plan to overcome the crisis in the country. The plan involves the renunciation of the 82-year-old Mubarak from the leadership of the country, the exclusion of the principle of inheritance of power, the refusal to introduce constitutional reforms and permutations in the leadership of the ruling National Democratic Party into the new government. Nothing is known about the president’s reaction.