ElBaradei sworn in as Egypt’s new Vice President

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elbaradei  egypt vpProminent liberal Egyptian leader Mohamed ElBaradei was sworn in on Sunday as Egypt’s interim vice president for foreign relations, AFP reported the presidency as saying in a statement.

ElBaradei, a former head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog and a Nobel peace laureate, was initially tipped to lead the cabinet, but his nomination was rejected by the ultra-conservative Salafist party Al-Nour.

He is also the head of the National Salvation Front, a coalition of leftist and liberal groups, formed in the wake of a power grab by ousted President Mohammed Mursi in November.

Talks were held between Egypt’s new Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi and candidates for ministerial posts on Sunday to form an interim government after the removal of Mursi earlier this month.

Meanwhile, Nabil Fahmy, a former Egyptian ambassador to the United States, accepted the post of foreign minister on Sunday in the interim government.

Beblawi is assembling a government expected to be made up mainly of technocrats and liberals to lead Egypt under an army-backed “road map” to restore full civilian rule.

New govt unveiled on Tuesday

elbaradei sworn in as egypt vp
In this photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei, a leader of the National Salvation Front, center left, shakes hands with interim President Adly Mansour after being sworn in as vice president in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

The new government could be unveiled by Tuesday or Wednesday. Their top priorities would be to restore security, ensure the flow of goods and services and prepare for parliamentary and presidential elections, AFP reported.

Leftist politician Godah Abdel Khalek told Reuters on Sunday that he declined an offer to serve as minister of supply in Egypt’s interim government because of personal reasons.

Previously, sources in the transitional administration had said Beblawi would ask Abdel Khalek to return to his post, which had had held for a few months in 2011.

“I was offered the post by Beblawi, but I declined for personal reasons,” he told Reuters.

Talks over the new cabinet come as prosecutors looked at criminal complaints against Mursi and members of his Muslim Brotherhood, which he hails from.

Egypt’s public prosecutor office said it had received complaints accusing Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood of spying, inciting the killings of protesters and damaging the economy.

Al Arabiya’s Cairo correspondent reported that the prosecutor’s office said it was investigating the complaints to allow those accused to be questioned.

Egypt’s legal system allows prosecutors to investigate complaints made by the police or by any member of the public. It can take days or months for formal charges to appear. Prosecutors rarely issue statements based on complaints before charges are filed.

Al Arabiya

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4 responses to “ElBaradei sworn in as Egypt’s new Vice President”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    ‘Baradei’ & ‘Beblawi’ … hmmm … sound better than ‘Baddie’. 😉

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    ‘Baradei’ & ‘Beblawi’ … hmmm … sound better than ‘Baddie’. 😉

  3. desbil Avatar

    Al Bradei is nothing but a puppet of Mullahs of Iran ( with the tacit approval of Mullahs CIA / MI6 bosses ,oF course ) who will handover the remnants of the once mighty Egypt to Mullahs of Iran for complete destruction just like they are doing it in Lebanon through their mercenaries . The mission which started by Morsi , will be finished by El Bradei . This whole Egyptian circus was engineered from the get go. Puppet Mullahs are basking in fake glory and awaiting El Brdei’s geenlg light. Egypt and Lebanon are the two main pillars of Arabic culture and civilization , they must be destoyed period.. Mullahs are nothing but a bunch of backward ,illiterate scumbags whoare on a mission of destroyin everything in their pathby using i puppes and mercenaries. Al Bradei is one of them.

  4. desbil Avatar

    Al Bradei is nothing but a CIA/MI6 puppet who will handover the remnants of the once mighty Egypt to Mullahs of Iran for complete destruction just like they are doing it in Lebanon through their mercenaries . The mission which started by Morsi , will be finished by El Bradei . This whole Egyptian circus was engineered from the get go. Puppet Mullahs are basking in fake glory and awaiting El Brdei’s geenlg light

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