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  • Thursday ,19 July 2012
العربية

New government takes office next Thursday

By-Hisham Khurshid

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Thursday ,19 July 2012

New government takes office next Thursday

 Sources in Muslim Brotherhood confirmed that President Mohamed Morsy has chosen the members of the new cabinet and is going to name them publically today or tomorrow.

Morsy has also named backup ministers in case one of the candidates apologizes. 
 
Source added that new cabinet is to take office next Thursday, however Morsy hasn’t decided who the next prime minister yet, but most likely he is to be an economists and expert in banking sector. 
Prime Minister will have two deputies, including a Coptic Minister, and more than one minister from the current cabinet will stay in their offices like Hassan Younis, Minister of Electricity, Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of Interior and Omar Mohamed Kamel, Minister of Foreign Affairs. 
On the other hand, selecting the Minister of Military, Production and civil aviation, defense and intelligence will be left for the Supreme Council of Armed Forces, source added.