by Adel al-Salmi | Nov 2, 2016 | World
London-Several weeks after a dispute emerged concerning the surprising cabinet shakeup approved by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani seven months before the end of his term, the president proposed to Parliament on Tuesday three of his candidates, asking lawmakers to...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 7, 2016 | Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, on Saturday restructured some government ministries and reshuffled the cabinet to appoint new ministers, a step implementing the government’s wide reforms aimed at overhauling the Saudi economy amid lower oil...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 26, 2016 | Middle East
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of central Baghdad on Tuesday calling for a parliamentary vote on a cabinet reshuffle aimed at fighting corruption, amid divisions between lawmakers that have brought government to a standstill. Powerful...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 5, 2015 | Middle East
Cairo, AP—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reshuffled his cabinet on Thursday, replacing the powerful minister in charge of the nation’s police along with six other ministers, state television reported. Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, who oversees...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 15, 2014 | World
London, Reuters—British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday pushed through his biggest government shake-up since coming to power in 2010, promoting women and Eurosceptics to senior roles ahead of a national election in May next year. In one surprise development,...