Egypt’s El-Sisi switches out defense minister as new cabinet sworn in

CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi swore in new ministers Wednesday in a limited cabinet reshuffle that included a last-minute switch of the defense minister. The cabinet, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly’s latest in his eight-year tenure, was approved the day before by parliament. But at the Wednesday morning swearing in ceremony, El-Sisi named a new defense minister, Ashraf Salem Zaher, the former head of the Egyptian Military Academy.

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