Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appointed Mustafa Madbouly as the new Egyptian Prime Minister on Thursday, three days after the former Prime Minister Sherif Ismail submitted his resignation to the president. The move comes after El-Sisi was sworn in for a second term last Saturday. Madbouly’s fascinating portfolio and achievements prepare him for the tough tasks that await as the newly appointed Prime Minister; his first task being the formation of a new cabinet for El-Sisi’s second term. Egyptian Streets lists some of the lesser-known facts about Egypt’s new Prime Minister, Mustafa Madbouly. 1. This isn’t his first Minister position Mustafa Madbouly had been the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities since February 2014 in Ibrahim Mahlab’s cabinet. He also sustained his position in Sherif Ismael’s cabinet. 2. Involved with Egypt’s new capital project During his run as Egypt’s Housing Minister, he was highly concerned with decongesting Greater Cairo and decentralization. According to Egypt Today, Madbouly noted that the government was working to build 13 new cities in 2017, in addition to 25 new cities built over the preceding few years. More distinctly, he was one of the main…
