The cabinet of Egyptian Prime Minister
Hazem Al Beblawi
Hazem El Beblawi (also spelled ''el Beblawy'' ar, حازم عبد العزيز الببلاوى ; born 17 October 1936) is an Egyptian economist and politician who was interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previousl ...
was sworn in on 16 July 2013.
Al Beblawi was appointed on 9 July 2013 by interim president
Adly Mansour
Adly Mahmoud Mansour ( ar, عدلى محمود منصور ; born 23 December 1945) is an Egyptian judge and politician who served as the president (or chief justice) of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt. He also served as interim ...
.
The cabinet is made up of 34 members
- mostly liberal technocrats and no Islamists.
The first resignation from the cabinet was that of
Mohammad ElBaradei, who had been appointed
vice president
A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...
in July 2013. ElBaradei resigned from office on 14 August stating "he could not bear the responsibility for decisions he disagreed with."
Resignation
The government resigned unexpectedly on 24 February 2014. Some members of the cabinet have remained in office in a "caretaker" position.
News sources attributed the resignation to a series of strikes in the country, a shortage of cooking gas and conflict between the security services and supporters of the
Muslim Brotherhood.
Beblawi gave a televised address to announce the resignation but gave no clear reason for it. The AFP quoted Hani Saleh, a government spokesman, as saying that there was a "feeling that new blood was needed."
Cabinet members
References
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