Sisi names 17 new provincial governors
Eleven new provincial governors were sworn-in Saturday by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, 9 of them have military backgrounds.
Only two of the 11 new governors are civilians.
The newcomers do not include women or Copts, the latter a minority in Egypt.
One of the new governors has been appointed for Egypt’s second largest city, Alexandria; while another governor was named for Al Sharqiya.
Late Friday, Sharqiya governor Reda Abdel-Salam was sacked from his position by the cabinet for unclear reasons.
In late October, Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail accepted the resignation of Hani El-Mesery, the governor of Alexandria, after flooding in the governorate caused the deaths of several people as well as widespread property damage.
There are 27 provincial governors in Egypt overall.
– Major General Ahmed Helmi Al-Haytamy (Suez): He was formerly assigned as governor of Matrouh, on the border with restive Libya, in 2012 by ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
– Major General Kamal El-Daly (Giza, southern Nile Delta): He served as the Head of Giza Security Directorate.
– Major General Ahmed Deif Saqr (Gharbeya, Nile Delta): He served as security head of Aswan and then Luxor, followed by being the assistant to minister of interior for planning division.
– Staff Brigadier General Adel Ibrahim Ghadban (Port Said, Suez Canal).
– Major General Magdy Hegazy (Aswan, Upper Egypt): He served as deputy minister of defence.
– Major General Tarek Nasr (Minya, Upper Egypt): He was head of Security Directorate of Assiut then Giza.
– Major General Khaled Mohamed Saeed Shehata (Sharqia, Central and East Nile Delta).
– Reda Mohamed Mohie El-Din Farahat (Qalyubia, Nile Delta).
– Eng. Mohamed Abdul Zaher (Alexandria).
– Major General El-Sayed Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Nasr (Kafr El-Sheikh, west of Nile Delta).
– Eng. Sherif Habib (Beni Suef, Upper Egypt): He served as vice chairman of the Egyptian leading construction firm, Arab Contractors.
