President Sisi asks Mahlab to form new government - State TV

Monday 09-06-2014 02:30 PM
President Sisi asks Mahlab to form new government - State TV

Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab talks during an interview with the media in Cairo September 3, 2012. Picture taken September 3, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

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CAIRO, June 9 (Aswat Masriya) Newly elected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has asked Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to form a new cabinet, Egypt's state television said.

An interim government appointed in February retired earlier on Monday following Sisi's inauguration in accordance with the constitution. 

Two government sources told Reuters earlier that Mahlab would remain as prime minister under Sisi. 

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