Qandil Cabinet

Hesham Qandil Cabinet
Cabinet of Egypt
Date formed	2 August 2012
Date dissolved	8 July 2013
People and organisations
Head of state	Mohamed Morsi
Head of government	Hesham Qandil
Member party	Independent Supported by: Freedom and Justice Party Al-Wasat Party Renaissance Party
Status in legislature	Technocrats supported by FJP majority coalition
History
Election	2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election
Predecessor	Ganzouri II
Successor	Beblawi Cabinet

The cabinet of Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil was sworn in on 2 August 2012. ^[1] Qandil was appointed by President Mohamed Morsi, following the resignation of military-named premier Kamal Ganzouri. The cabinet consists of 36 ministers. ^[2] The composition of the government is mostly formed by technocrats, with five Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) members and one member each from the Al-Wasat and Renaissance parties. ^{[3] [2]}

Reshuffles

On 12 August 2012, President Mohamed Morsi appointed Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as defense minister and Reda Hafez as military production minister. ^{[4] [5]}

On 17 November 2012, transport minister Mohammad Rashad Al Matini resigned over the Manfalut railway accident. ^[6]

On 5 January 2013, a cabinet reshuffle took place replacing ten ministers. ^[7] The number of FJP members in the cabinet increased from five to eight after the reshuffle. ^[8]

On 7 May 2013, another reshuffle took place replacing nine ministers, increasing the number of FJP members to 10 out of a total of 36. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

Resignations

On 1 July 2013, five cabinet members resigned together; they were tourism minister Hisham Zazou, communications and IT minister Atef Helmi, legal and parliamentary affairs minister Hatem Bagato, environment minister Khaled Abdel-Aal, and drinking water and sanitation facilities minister Abdel Khalifa. ^{[13] [14]} On 2 July 2013, foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr, petroleum minister Sherif Hadarra, and sports minister El Amry Farouk resigned. ^{[15] [16]} On 4 July 2013, one day after the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, the Freedom and Justice Party announced nine ministers offered their resignations. ^[17] The cabinet was dissolved on 8 July 2013 with the resignation of Prime Minister Hesham Qandil in protest over the killing of 61 protestors by the military at the Republican Guard headquarters. ^[18]

Cabinet members

Office	Name	Party
Prime Minister	Hesham Qandil	Independent
Ministry of Interior	Ahmed Gamal El Din (2 August 2012 – 5 January 2013) Mohamed Ibrahim	Independent
Ministry of Defense	Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (20 May 1991 – 12 August 2012) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi	Military
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Mohamed Kamel Amr	Independent
Ministry of Military Production	Ali Sabry (21 July 2011 – 12 August 2012) Reda Hafez	Independent
Minister of Finance	Momtaz El-Saeed (2 August 2012 – 5 January 2013) Morsi El Sayed Hegazy (5 January 2013 – 7 May 2013) Fayyad Abdel Moneim	Independent
Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs	Nagwa Khalil	Independent
Ministry of Scientific Research	Nadia Zakhary	Independent
Ministry of Antiquities	Mohamed Ibrahim AlSayed (2 August 2012 – 7 May 2013) Ahmed Eissa	Independent Al-Wasat Party
Ministry of Environment	Mostafa Hussein Kamel (2 August 12 – 5 January 2013) Khaled Abdel-Aal	Independent
Ministry of Local Development	Ahmed Abdeen (2 August 2012 – 5 January 2013) Mohammed Ali Beshr	Independent FJP
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Facilities	Abdel Khalifa	Independent
Ministry of Culture	Mohamed Arab (9 May 2012 – 7 May 2013) Alaa Abdel-Aziz	Independent Egyptian Arab Union Party
Ministry of Justice	Ahmed Mekki (2 August 2012 – 7 May 2013) Ahmed Soliman	Independent
Ministry of Investment	Osama Saleh (2 August 2012 – 7 May 2013) Yehia Hamed Abdel-Samie	Independent FJP
Ministry of Education	Ibrahim Deif	Independent
Ministry of Transportation	Mohammad Rashad Al Matini (2 August 2012 – 17 November 2012) Hatem Abdel Latif	Independent FJP
Ministry of Electricity and Energy	Mahmoud Balbaa (2 August 2012 – 5 January 2013) Ahmed Emam	Independent
Ministry of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohamed Mahsoub (2 August 2012 – 5 January 2013) Omar Salem (5 January 2013 – 7 May 2013) Hatem Bagato	Al-Wasat Party Independent Independent
Ministry of Tourism	Hisham Zazou	Independent
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation	Salah Abdel Moamen (2 August 2012 – 7 May 2013) Ahmed Mahmoud Ali El-Gizawi	Independent
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Hany Mahmoud (2 August 2012 – 5 January 2013) Atef Helmi	Independent
Ministry of Petroleum and Metallurgical Wealth	Osama Kamal (2 August 2012 – 7 May 2013) Sherif Hadarra	Independent
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation	Mohamed Bahaa Eldin	Independent
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Tarek Wafik	FJP
Ministry of Higher Education	Mostafa Mussad	FJP
Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade	Zeid Mohamed (2 August 2012 – 5 January 2013) Bassem Ouda	Independent FJP
Ministry of Manpower and Immigration	Khaled Azhari	FJP
Ministry of Religious Endowments	Talaat Afifi	Independent
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation	Ashraf El-Araby (2 August 2012 – 7 May 2013) Amr Darrag	Independent FJP
Ministry of Health and Population	Mohamed Hamed	Independent
Ministry of Information	Salah Abdel Maqsoud	FJP
Ministry of Civil Aviation	Samir Imbabi (2 August 2012 – 5 January 2013) Wael El-Maadawy	Independent
Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade	Hatem Saleh	Renaissance Party
Ministry of Youth Affairs	Osama Yassin	FJP
Ministry of Sports	El Amry Farouk	Independent

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