Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has appointed nine new ministers as part of a cabinet reshuffle demanded by political opposition in the North African country.
New ministers include justice, antiquities, agriculture, finance, planning, parliamentary affairs, investment, culture as well as petroleum.
According to the reports released on Tuesday, some of the new cabinet members are connected with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil had announced on Monday that 11 ministers would be replaced in the cabinet reshuffle.
The replacement of the current cabinet, including Qandil, with a government of “national unity” has been a longstanding demand of Egypt’s political opposition.
The opposition groups have accused the government of being dominated by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.
They also accuse Qandil of having mismanaged Egypt’s dire economy.
Egypt has witnessed continuing anti-government protests since Morsi took office last June. The opposition accuses the president of leading a dictatorial government and deviating from the 2011 revolution that toppled the Western-backed regime of Hosni Mubarak.
