Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi today named former irrigation
minister Hisham Kandil as Egypt's new prime minister. Mr. Kandil, 50, holds a
Ph.D. in engineering from the University of North Carolina. He is not a member
of any political parties. Kandil was appointed minister of irrigation and water
resources by then-prime Minister Esam Sharaf in July 2011, and was later asked
by ex-Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri to continue in his post. Previously
he served as the senior engineer for the Nile Basin Initiative at the African
Development Bank. (ahramonline, 24 July)
On 15 July, Mr. Kandil travelled with President Morsi to
the African Union summit in Ethiopia. The trip was seen as Morsi’s attempt to
rekindle Cairo's relationship with its African neighbors after years of neglect
under Mubarak.
Photo Credit: Hisham Kandil / Associated Press/NYT
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