EGYPT - The opposition candidate named Prime Minister

"The army has fulfilled the wishes of the demonstrators in Tahrir Square," says Al-Hayat. March 3, Ahmed Shafik, who was appointed Prime Minister by President Hosni Mubarak a few days before his departure on February 11, resigned. The Supreme Council of the armed forces quickly appointed in his place a civilian, Essam Sharaf, an engineering professor at Cairo University and a popular figure among the demonstrators.

Former Minister of Transport in 2004, he resigned in 2005 following differences with the policy of the government of former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif. In early February, he participated in demonstrations on Tahrir Square in Cairo. "Sharaf must now form a new government and the departure of a few figures of the old regime is highly anticipated, including that of Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Wagdy the Interior and Mamdouh Marei to justice.

In addition, new appointments in public service institutions and in particular the state-run media have been announced by Charaf, "the pan-Arab daily.

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