Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi yesterday approved 17 new governors to run provinces; the majority of whom are army officers, official source said.
The final list of governors was presented to Al-Sisi by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab earlier in the day.
Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said the new governors are scheduled to take office on Sunday.
The governors’ reshuffle comes nearly a month before Egyptian parliamentary elections are due to take place.
The country’s general elections, due on 21 March, are organised according to a law passed by former interim president Adly Mansour only a day before President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi took power in June 2014.
According to the new law, the parliament includes 567-seats, 420 members of parliament are elected based on the individual system and 120 are elected based on the list system while the President appoints the remaining 27 members of parliament.
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