Egypt appoints prime minister with old regime ties
Source: Washington Post
Egypt has appointed a man with close ties to longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak to become the country’s new prime minister.
Egypt’s interim president, who was appointed after the military ousted the country’s elected president last summer, named Housing Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to head a new cabinet Tuesday.
Egypt’s previous caretaker government, which came to power following the July military coup, resigned Monday without giving a reason after presiding over one of the most turbulent periods in recent Egyptian history.
The cabinet’s sudden resignation appeared to pave the way for the country’s powerful military commander and defense minister, Field Marshall Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, to run for president. Sissi has yet to formally announce his candidacy in this spring’s presidential election. But he would have to resign from his post as defense minister to run, analysts say.
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