Egypt’s new government will be sworn in before President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday following more than a week of consultations between Prime Minister Hisham Kandil and Egypt's newly-elected Islamist president.

PM Hisham Kandil will issue a statement upon the official announcement of the new government while President Mursi will hold an Iftar (Ramadan breakfast) for the new ministers, Al-Ahram reported.

Meanwhile, the Salafi (ultraconservative) Nour Party – holder of the second biggest bloc of the dissolved parliament – announced its rejection to taking part in Kandil's administration, in protest against being offered only one ministry.

Ahmed Khalil, member of the party's high board, described the offer as a "contradiction" to promises given by the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP).

Khalil told Al-Ahram that the FJP's undermining of Nour is a “deliberate offense” insisting that the ministry of environment, as important as it is, is not fit for the status of the Salafi party.  

Below is a list of candidates who are expected to be sworn in today:

Defense Minister: Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Al-Ahram)

Interior Minister: Ahmed Gamal al-Din (State Television)

Foreign Minister: Mohamed Kamel Amr (Reuters)

Finance Minister: Mumtaz al-Saeed (Reuters)

Investment Minister: Osama Saleh (Reuters)

Oil Minister: Osama Kamal (Reuters)

Religious Affairs Minister: Osama al-Abd (Al-Watan)

Electricity Minister: Mahmoud Balbaa (Al-Ahram)

Education Minister: Mostafa Mosaad (Al-Ahram)

Scientific Research: Nadia Zokhary (State Television)

Insurance and Social Affairs Minister: Nagwa Khalil (State Television)

Communication Minister: Hany Mahmoud (Al-Ahram)

Irrigation Minister: Mohamed Bahaa al-Din (Al-Ahram)

Tourism Minister: Hisham Zaazou (State Television)

Local Development Minister: Ahmed Zaky Abdeen (State Television)

Environment Minister: Khaled Abdel Aziz (Al-Watan)

Housing Minister: Tarek Wafik (Al-Ahram)

Transportation Minister: Mohamed Rashad al-Mateeny (Al-Ahram)

Parliamentary Affairs Minister: Mohamed Mahsoub (Al-Ahram)

Supply and Domestic Trade Minister: Abu Zeid Mohamed Abu Zeid (Al-Ahram)

Health Minister: Mohamed Mostafa Hamed (State Television)

Planning and International Cooperation Minister: Ashraf al-Sayed al-Arabi (State Television)

Youth Minister: Osama Yasin (State Television)

Justice Minister: Ahmed Mekki (State Television)

Production and International Commerce Minister: Hatem Saleh (State Television)

Minister of Culture: Mohamed Saber Arab (State Television)