Cairo: Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq resigned on Thursday, and former Transport Minister Essam Sharaf was appointed to form a new government, according to Al-Arabiya TV.
Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has decided to accept Shafiq’s resignation, the army said in a statement.
Shafiq was appointed by former President Hosni Mubarak before he stepped down on Feb. 11 after an 18-day protests against his 30- year rule.
The opposition parties had been calling for reshuffle of Shafiq ‘s government, in which the key defense and foreign ministers were appointed by Mubarak.
Shafiq, 69, had held various positions in Egypt’s Air Force before serving as the Air Force commander in 1996-2002.
After retiring from the military, Shafiq was appointed to head Egypt Air, where he aggressively pushed ahead reform and turned the national carrier into one of the most important air transportation operators in the Middle East.
Shafiq took the job as head of the civil aviation in 2002 when he launched a large-scale reconstructing of Egypt’s major airports and turned the Cairo International Airport into one of the most important aviation hubs in the Middle East
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