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Can Egypt's new Cabinet avoid mistakes of the past?

Sweeping changes in Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail's Cabinet have some observers recalling a previous premier's successful, but dubious, lineup.
Egypt's Investment Minister Dalia Khorshid speaks during the first news conference with journalists after her appointment in the new government at the headquarters of the Ministry of Investment in Cairo, Egypt, April 3, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTSDD07
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Some people are antsy about Egypt’s recently reshuffled Cabinet, which is heavily laden with representatives of the business sector.

“The concern is that power and capital will link up once again to serve the interests of investors and businessmen, at the expense of ordinary Egyptian citizens, whether through the businessmen themselves or through the administrative and economic specialists who work for their companies,” economist Farag Abdel-Fattah from Cairo University told Al-Monitor.

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