Kamal Ganzouri Appointed Egypt's New PM

Cairo, Nov 25: Former premier Kamal Ganzouri has been appointed Egypt’s new Prime Minister but protesters vowed to step up pressure on the country’s military rulers and called for renewed agitation to demand the army quit power.

Ganzouri, an economist who served as Egyptian premier under ousted president Hosni Mubarak between 1996 and 1999, agreed in principle to lead a national salvation government after meeting Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling military council, state media reported.

Ganzouri, who has distanced himself from Mubarak’s regime, has also been suggested as a possible presidential candidate.

Born in 1933, Ganzuri served as minister of planning and international cooperation before his first tenure as Egyptian premier.


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