Egypt's new cabinet, headed by PM Mostafa Madbouly, was sworn in before Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi at the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo on Wednesday.

The new government saw the appointment of a number of new ministers, including at foreign affairs and defence. 

Ambassador Badr Abdul Aati was appointed foreign minister after the merging of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Ministry of Immigration, succeeding Sameh Shoukry who had held the position since 2014.

Lieutenant General Abdel Megeed Sakr was appointed the Minister of Defence and Military Production, taking over from Mohamed Zaki.

The reshuffled cabinet also saw the appointment of Karim Badawi as minister of petroleum, Ahmed Kojok as minister of finance, Mahmoud Esmat as minister of electricity, and Sherif Farouk as minister of supply.

Major General Mahmoud Tawfik was reappointed as interior minister. The Ministries of Transport and Industry were merged into one, to be run by Lieutenant General Kamel El Wazir, the previous minister of transport, who was also appointed deputy PM.

Khaled Abdel Ghaffar retained his position as minister of health, while also serving as Deputy PM too. The investment portfolio was revived under Hassan El Khatib.

The cabinet is the first to be formed in the third term of President Sisi, who was re-elected in December with 89.6 percent of the vote.