(FILES) A file picture taken on January 16, 2014 shows Egypt’s then housing minister Ibrahem Mahlab speaking during a press conference in Cairo on January 16, 2014. Outgoing housing minister Mahlab was appointed on February 25, 2014 as Egypt’s new prime minister after the resignation of the cabinet installed by the military following last year’s overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. AFP PHOTO / STR