Date formed 2 August 2012 Head of government Hesham Qandil | Date dissolved 3 July 2013 Head of state Mohamed Morsi | |
Member party Independent
Supported by:
Freedom and Justice Party
Al-Wasat Party
Renaissance Party Status in legislature Technocrats supported by FJP majority coalition | ||
The cabinet of Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil was presented on 2 August 2012. Qandil was appointed by president Mohamed Morsi, after the resignation of military-named premier Kamal Ganzouri. The cabinet consists of 35 ministers. The composition of the government is formed by technocrats, the Islamist Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), moderate Al-Wasat Party and the Salafist Renaissance Party. Five out of the 36 ministers appointed are members of the Brotherhood or its Freedom and Justice Party.
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Reshuffles
On 5 January 2013, ten ministers were changed, leading to an increase in the number of those who are member of the FJP in the cabinet. More specifically, the number of the FJP members in the cabinet became eight after the reshuffle. This reshuffle included the following ministries; ministry of finance, ministry of interior, ministry of state for local development, ministry of legal and parliamentary affairs, ministry of electricity, ministry of civil aviation, ministry of transportation, ministry of state for environmental affairs, ministry of local development and supply, and ministry of communication.
On 7 May 2013, nine ministers were also changed in the cabinet, increasing the number of the FJP members to 12 out of total 35. The ministries reshuffled were as follows: Justice, Parliamentary Affairs, Petroleum, Antiquities, Agriculture, Finance, Planning and International Cooperation, Culture, and Investment.
Resignations
On 1 July 2013, five cabinet members resigned together; they were Hisham Zazou, the tourism minister, Atef Helmi, the communications and IT minister, Hatem Bagato, the state minister for legal and parliamentary affairs, Abdel Qawy Khalifa, the water minister, and Khaled Abdel Aal, the environment minister. Mohamed Kamel Amr, the foreign minister, resigned as well. The sports minister, El Amry Farouk, resigned on 2 July 2013.