22 nominees approved for Madbouly’s cabinet reshuffle

El-Sayed Gamal El-Din , Tuesday 10 Feb 2026

Egypt’s House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a major cabinet reshuffle, backing a presidential nomination of 22 candidates to join Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly’s new government formation.

The approval came during a plenary session chaired by Speaker of the House Counsellor Hisham Badawi. The session followed a presidential decree submitted in accordance with Article 137 of the Constitution and Article 129 of parliament’s internal bylaws.

The reshuffle includes one deputy prime minister nominee, 17 ministerial nominees and four deputy minister nominees, all of whom are yet to take the constitutional oath.

The House approved the following nominees:

Deputy prime minister nominee

Dr Hussein Ahmed Eissa, nominated as Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs

Ministerial nominees

Dr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, candidate for Minister of Health and Population
Eng Kamel El-Wazir, candidate for Minister of Transport
Dr Manal Awad, candidate for Minister of Local Development and Environment
Badr Abdelatty, candidate for Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates
Mohamed Farid Mohamed Saleh, candidate for Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade
Dr Abdel Aziz Konsowa, candidate for Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Eng Randa El-Menshawy, candidate for Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities
Eng Raafat Hindy, candidate for Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Diaa Rashwan, candidate for Minister of Information
Major General Salah Soliman, candidate for Minister of State for Military Production
Counsellor Hany Azer, candidate for Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Counsellor Mahmoud Helmy El-Sherif, candidate for Minister of Justice
Dr Gihane Zaki, candidate for Minister of Culture
Dr Ahmed Rostom, candidate for Minister of Planning
Hassan El Radad, candidate for Minister of Labour
Gohar Nabil, candidate for Minister of Youth and Sports
Eng Khaled Hashem, candidate for Minister of Industry

Deputy minister nominees

The following candidates were also approved for deputy minister posts, pending the constitutional oath:

Ambassador Mohamed Abu Bakr Fattah, candidate for Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for African Affairs
Dr Samar Mahmoud Abdel-Wahab Ibrahim, candidate for Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation
Eng Ahmed Omran Ahmed Omran, candidate for Deputy Minister of Housing for Utilities
Abu Bakr Abbas, candidate for Deputy Minister of Housing for Urban Communities