Al-Sisi Swears in New Egypt Gov’t
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Egypt's new Cabinet was sworn in Tuesday by the country's newly elected President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.
The swearing-in ceremony took place in the capital, and state television aired live footage from the swearing-in inside the presidential palace.
The government of about 30 ministers - including four women and several technocrats - is led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehlib, who also served as the interim premier for the past five months.
He was the second person to fill the post since Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohammad Mursi, was toppled. Mehlib was asked by al-Sisi to return to the post.
It's also the first Cabinet under Sisi, the country's former army chief and defense minister who himself was sworn in as president earlier in June, following his landslide election victory last month.
Al-Sisi has pledged to put security and restoring the country's battered economy at the top of his agenda. He has also vowed to build a more stable future after three turbulent years since the ouster of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Al-Sisi has also said there will be no tolerance for those who took up arms against the government and Egyptians.
For the first time, the Cabinet doesn't include the Information Ministry, the government body that for decades has overseen state media, keeping them to a close government line supporting official policies and rallying support for the leadership.
The move is in line with the newly adopted constitution, which calls for an "independent institution" to regulate media and the press.
After Hosni Mubarak's 2011 ouster, activists and free media advocates called for abolishing the ministry and state media. The transitional military council that took power after Mubarak's removal initially agreed to the move, but then reinstated the ministry.
Egypt's new parliament - which is to be elected within months - has a mandate to pass legislation that will regulate the work of the new media body.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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