Thursday, Mar 12, 2009
CAIRO (Dow Jones)--Egypt has appointed a new Minister of Irrigation & Water Resources and created a new post of Minister of Population & Family Affairs, Al Ahram newspaper reports Thursday.
Mohamed Nasreldin Allam was appointed as new Minister of Irrigation & Water Resources, while Moushira Khattab was given the post of Minister of Population & Family Affairs after separating that portfolio from the Ministry of Health, the state-owned daily reports.
Al Ahram quotes Soleiman Awad, presidential spokesperson as stating that the previous Minister of Irrigation Mahmoud Abuzeid asked to be relieved of his post for health reasons.
Newspaper Web site: http://www.alahram.org
-By Maha El Dahan, contributing to Dow Jones Newswires, +201-2226-7850, mahaeldahan@yahoo.com
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