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CAIRO, May 27 (Reuters) - Egypt's prime minister has appointed new government representatives to the board of state-owned landline monopoly Telecom Egypt ETEL.CA , his office said in a statement on Wednesday.

The new board of the company will meet on Wednesday to choose a new chairman and chief executive officer, it added.

The reason for the removal of CEO Mohamed Elnawawy was not immediately clear.

Earlier on Wednesday the company said it was considering buying treasury stocks after the company's share price plunged below nominal value. ID:nL5N0YI186

Telecom Egypt's share rose by more than four percent on Wednesday before the bourse halted its trading awaiting the new board's formation.

The government owns 80 percent of Telecom Egypt, which in turn has a 45 percent stake in mobile operator Vodafone Egypt VODE.CA .

Telecom Egypt agreed last year to pay 2.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($327.65 million) for a unified licence that would allow it to enter the lucrative mobile sector, competing against Vodafone Egypt and two other existing mobile providers.

But activation of the licence, approved by the government last year, has been repeatedly delayed.

($1 = 7.6300 Egyptian pounds)

(Reporting by Mahmoud Mourad; editing by Stephen Kalin and Jason Neely) ((mahmoud.mourad@thomsonreuters.com; Tel: +201001331428; Reuters Messaging: mahmoud.mourad.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))

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