Egypt’s new government has been sworn in this morning under the leadership of Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb. While 18 Ministers, including the Ministers of Tourism, Industry, Religious Endowments, Education and Health, remained unchanged, there have been ten changes. A short biography of the new ministers under Sisi’s Presidency can be found below. 1. Minister of Transport – Hany Dahy, former head of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). During his time at EGPC, Dahy was one of the authorities responsible for the termination of Egypt’s natural gas export contract with Israel. Dahy was also the chairman of Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (ENPPI), in which he succeeded in luring $16 billion projects for the company. Under his leadership ENPPI, witnessed the highest net profit record in 2010, since its establishment. 2. Minister of Environment – Khaled Fahmy, former Minister of Environment during ousted President Morsi’s reign. Fahmy has over 25 years of experience in management of policy issues related to environmentmanagement, governance and economic development. In the past ten years, Fahmy has acted as Deputy Chief of Party for four USAID funded development technical assistance projects executed in cooperation…
