Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sissi appointed Housing Minister Mustafa Madbouly as acting prime minister on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

Cairo (People’s Daily) - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sissi on Thursday appointed Housing Minister Mustafa Madbouly as the country’s new prime minister and has tasked him with forming a new government. 

According to Egypt’s constitution, Madbouly’s responsibilities include selecting cabinet members to help run the country after securing parliament approval.

Nominations should be announced as early as next week.

Local media reported the incoming cabinet will inherit the economic reforms from the previous Sherif cabinet and will need to make economic adjustments that have since impacted middle and lower-income families.

On June 2,Al-Sissi was sworn in as the country’s new parliament head while he officially began his second four-year presidential term.

Then-Prime Minister Sherif Ismail tendered his resignation three days later.  Al-Sissi requested that Sherif remain in office until a new cabinet is formed.

The 52-year-old Madbouly has been the Housing Minister since March 2014. While Ismail was undergoing treatment in Germany last November, Madbouly served as acting prime minister and was widely accepted as Ismail successor.