The president of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has announced a Cabinet reshuffle on Saturday, August 13, 2022. This is the action of el-Sissi to improve his administration’s performance as it faces towering economic challenges stemming largely from Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The Cabinet shake-up, which was approved by parliament in an emergency session, affected 13 portfolios, including health, education, culture, local development, and irrigation ministries.
The changes, however, didn’t affect key ministries including foreign, finance, defense, and the interior, which is responsible for the police force.
The new ministers are expected to be sworn in before el-Sissi later Saturday or early Sunday.
Egypt’s economy has been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Russia-Ukraine war has rattled global markets and hiked oil and food prices across the world.
Egyptians’ food and energy bills have soared which has added to the burden of the poor and middle-class people who already bore the brunt of a 2016 reform program.
The 2016 reform program, agreed on with the IMF, included painful austerity measures which sparked a steep rise in the price of basic and key commodities as well as services.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
