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Hesham Qandil Hesham Mohamed Qandil (also spelled: ''Hisham Kandil''; ar, هشام محمد قنديل  ; born 17 September 1962) is an Egyptian engineer and civil servant who was Prime Minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013. Qandil was appointed as Prime ...
was sworn in on 2 August 2012. Qandil was appointed by President
Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012Kamal Ganzouri Kamal Ganzouri ( ar, كمال الجنزورى, ‎; 12 January 1933 – 31 March 2021) was an Egyptian economist who served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 7 December 2011 to 24 July 2012. He previously served as prime minister from 1996 ...
. The cabinet consists of 36 ministers. The composition of the government is mostly formed by technocrats, with five Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) members and one member each from the Al-Wasat and
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parties.


Reshuffles

On 12 August 2012, President
Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mi ...
as defense minister and
Reda Hafez Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed (Arabic: ) (3 March 1952 – 3 December 2013) was the commander of the Egyptian Air Force. Mohamed was also the minister for military production in the interim cabinet led by Prime Minister Hazem Al Beblawi. Biograph ...
as military production minister. On 17 November 2012, transport minister Mohammad Rashad Al Matini resigned over the Manfalut railway accident. On 5 January 2013, a cabinet reshuffle took place replacing ten ministers. The number of FJP members in the cabinet increased from five to eight after the reshuffle. On 7 May 2013, another reshuffle took place replacing nine ministers, increasing the number of FJP members to 10 out of a total of 36.


Resignations

On 1 July 2013, five cabinet members resigned together; they were tourism minister
Hisham Zazou Hisham Zazou ( ar, هشام زعزوع; born 1954) is an Egyptian businessman and politician who is the former Egyptian minister of tourism. He was one of the ministers who are not affiliated with an Islamist party in the Qandil cabinet. Zazou r ...
, communications and IT minister
Atef Helmi Atef Helmy Nagib ( ar, عاطف حلمي نجيب; born 23 April 1950) is an Egyptian communication and technology expert and the former minister of communications and information technology. Early life and education Atef Helmy was born in Ca ...
, legal and parliamentary affairs minister Hatem Bagato, environment minister Khaled Abdel-Aal, and drinking water and sanitation facilities minister Abdel Khalifa. On 2 July 2013, foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr, petroleum minister Sherif Hadarra, and sports minister
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resigned. On 4 July 2013, one day after the
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, the Freedom and Justice Party announced nine ministers offered their resignations. The cabinet was dissolved on 8 July 2013 with the resignation of Prime Minister
Hesham Qandil Hesham Mohamed Qandil (also spelled: ''Hisham Kandil''; ar, هشام محمد قنديل  ; born 17 September 1962) is an Egyptian engineer and civil servant who was Prime Minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013. Qandil was appointed as Prime ...
in protest over the killing of 61 protestors by the military at the
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headquarters.


Cabinet members


References

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