Egypt reshuffle will oust 10 ministers: TV

6 Jan 2013, 9:41 am   -   Source: AAP

State media reports say 10 Egyptian cabinet ministers will be replaced in a reshuffle directed by President Mohamed Morsi.

Egypt will replace 10 ministers, state media reports say, in a cabinet reshuffle directed by President Mohamed Morsi in order to improve the country's struggling economy.

Finance and interior ministers are among the 10 who will be sworn in on Sunday, state television reported.

Mohamed Ibrahim will be in charge of the interior ministry, Hatem Abdel-Latif will be minister of transportation and Al-Morsi al-Sayed Hegazi will be appointed finance minister.

Morsi said in a recent speech that he had discussed with Prime Minister Hisham Qandil an imminent cabinet reshuffle so that the government could better deal with the country's economic and political problems.

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