EGYPT
Egypt: New Government
Egypt’s new military-backed interim cabinet headed by prominent economist Hazim al-Biblawi was sworn in on 16 July after a night of street violence. The next day Islamists tried to storm a meeting of the new cabinet but failed.
The new 34-member cabinet is a mixture of political figures, academics and highly-educated technocrats, including three women, three Christians and a few Islamists, but not representatives of the...
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