Mubarak Names New Finance Minister in Cabinet Shuffle
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, facing unprecedented protests calling for his ouster, appointed a new Cabinet and named Samir Radwan, a former senior economist at the International Labor Organization, as finance minister.
Radwan replaces Youssef Boutros-Ghali, according to a statement read on Egypt’s state-run television. Radwan was also a board member of Egypt’s General Authority for Investment. Mohammed Hussein Tantawi kept his post as defense minister and was named deputy prime minister. Mahmoud Wagdy was appointed interior minister, replacing Habib El-Adli, whose resignation protesters have demanded.