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Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and his government were dismissed on 29 January 2011, after five days of widespread popular protest, in which more than 50 people were killed by security forces. The same day President Mubarak appointed a vice president for the first time under his presidency, and named Ahmed Shafiq as prime minister. Most of the members of the previous administration were reappointed to their ministerial posts on 31 January, but new ministers of the interior and of finance were named. As the protests continued, Mubarak announced on 1 February that he would not stand for re-election in the forthcoming presidential election due in September.

Head of State
HE Mr Mohammed Hosni MUBARAK — President
HE Mr Omar SULEIMAN * — Vice President

Council of Ministers
HE Mr Ahmed SHAFIQ * — Prime Minister
Field Marshal Mohammad Hussein TANTAWI — Deputy Prime Minister; Defence and Military Production
Police Gen. (retd) Mahmoud WAGDI * — Minister of the Interior
Mr Ahmed Aboul GHEIT — Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr Ayman Abou HADID * — Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation
Mr Anas Ahmed AL-FIQI — Minister of Information
Mr Samir RADWAN * — Minister of Finance
Councillor Mahmud Muhi-al-Din MUR’I — Minister of Justice
Mr Jaber Asfour * — Minister of Culture
(vacant) * — Minister of Education
Dr Samiha FAWZI Ibrahim (f) * — Minister of Trade and Industry
(vacant) * — Minister of Tourism
Mr Fathi Abdel Aziz EL-BARADEI * — Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development
Mrs Aisha Abdel Hadi Abdel GHANI (f) — Minister of Manpower and Immigration
Mr Abdallah Ahmed HELAL * — Minister of Religious Affairs and Waqfs (Religious Endowments)
Mr Ahmed Hosni FARID * — Minister of Health
Dr Hany Mahfouz HELAL — Minister of Higher Education; Minister of State for Scientific Research
Mr Hussein al-Atefi * — Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources
Dr Ali el-Sayed Ali AL-MOSELHI — Minister of Social Solidarity
Mr Ibrahim Ahmed MANNAA * — Minister of Civil Aviation
Mr Atef Abdel Hamid MUSTAPHA * — Minister of Transport
Dr Hassan Ahmed YUNES — Minister of Electricity and Energy
Mrs Fayza Mohamed Abul NAGA (f) — Minister of International Co-operation
Dr Tarek Mohamed KAMEL — Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Eng. Amin Sameh Samir FAHMI — Minister of Petroleum

Ministers of State
Dr Mufid Mahmood SHIHAB — Minister of State for Legal and Parliamentary Council Affairs
Mrs Mushira KHATTAB (f) — Minister of State for Family and Population
Mr Yahia Abdel Meguid MUSTAPHA * — Minister of State for Consultative Council Affairs
Mr Mohsin AL NOUMANI * — Minister of State for Local Development
Eng. Maged George Elias GHATTAS — Minister of State for the Environment
Dr Zahi HAWASS * — Minister of State for Antiquities
Sayed Abdo Mustafa MESH’AL — Minister of State for Military Production

* = change to post in reshuffle

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