Egyptian president appoints 18 new governors

[DJKeefy]

Eighteen new governors were sworn in before Interim President Adly Mansour on Tuesday afternoon.

Eighteen out of the country's 27 governorates have been assigned new governors. The government has yet to settle on choices for two governorates, the Red Sea and Menoufiya, after the nominees for the posts reportedly declined.

Governorates that have seen new leaders include Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and the Nile Delta towns.

The shake-up also entails the appointment of nine deputy governors.

Egypt's previous gubernatorial reshuffle took place in June, a few weeks before Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was forced out from power by Egypt's military following nationwide protests against his one-year rule.

Seven Islamists were appointed out of a total of 17 new governors.

The 25 governors now holding posts are:

Cairo: Galal Mostafa Mohamed Said

Giza: Ali Abdel Rahman Youssef

Alexandria: Tarek Mahdy Adel Tawab

South Sinai: Khaled Fouda Seddik

North Sinai: Abdel Fattah Salem Harhour

Marsa Matrouh: Badr Tantawy Badr Ghandour

New Valley: Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Khalifa

Port Said: Samah Mohamed Ahmed Qandil

Assiut: Ibrahem Hammad Mohamed Hammad

Kafr Al-Sheikh: Mohamed Ezzat Agwa

Beni Suef: Mohamed Magdi Al-Bateity

Luxor: Tarek Mohamed Saad

Daqahliya: Omar Mohamed Abdel Gawad

Gharbiya: Mohamed Mohamed Abdel Moniem

Qalioubiya: Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Qader

Damietta: Mohamed Abdel Latif Masnour

Ismailiya:Ahmed Bahaa Al-Din Al-Qassas

Aswan: Mostafa Yousery Al-Said

Suez: Al-Araby Ahmed Youssef

Minya: Salah Al-Din Ibrahim

Sohag: Mahmoud Mohamed Othman

Qena: Abdel Hamid Al-Haggan

Fayoum: Hazem Ahmed Attiya

Sharqiya: Saeed Abdel Aziz Ali

Beheira: Mostafa Kamal Abdel-Basit

Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/78946.aspx

[biosceptic]

Does anyone know about the new Luxor Governor Tarek Mohamed Saad?