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Egypt parliament approves limited cabinet shakeup

CAIRO, Jan 14 (KUNA) -- The Egyptian parliament has approved a limited cabinet reshuffle including four new ministers.
The reshuffle involves the appointment of Abu Bakr Al-Gendi as minister for local development, Enas Abdel-Dayem as culture minister, Khaled Badawy as minister for public enterprise and Rania Al-Mashat as tourism minister.
Two new deputy ministers were also appointed in the cabinet shakeup.
The reshuffle comes just a couple of months ahead of scheduled presidential elections. (end) asm.mt