Egypt names defence, foreign ministers
Jul 04, 2024
Cairo [Egypt], July 4: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Wednesday swore in a new government that comprises new defence and foreign ministers amid regional turmoil and domestic economic woes.
Egypt, which hosts an estimated 9 million refugees and migrants, has been hard hit by the fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement in the neighbouring Gaza Strip and Sudan's civil war.
State Egyptian media said Lieutenant-General Abdel-Maguid Saqr has been appointed defence minister replacing General Mohammed Zaky.
Egypt's veteran foreign minister Sameh Shoukry is replaced in the post by Badr Abdel-Atty, an ex-ambassador to Germany.
The new government is led by Mustafa Madbouly, who has served as Egypt's prime minister since 2018.
Source: Qatar Tribune
