Morsi spokesman names of presidential assistants, advisers

[DJKeefy]

Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali on Monday revealed the names of President Mohamed Morsi's presidential team, including four presidential assistants and 17 presidential advisors.

According to the spokesman, the team will include six members of the Muslim Brotherhood (the group from which Morsi hails) – including two from the Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau – along with two members of the Salafist Nour Party and an Islamist-leaning former presidential candidate.

The four presidential assistants, who will be given offices in the Presidential Palace, are:

01. Samir Morcus Abdel-Meseih, responsible for the democratic transition file

02. Pakinam El-Sharkawi, responsible for political issues

03. Emad Abdel-Ghafour, responsible for 'social communication'

04. Essam Ahmed El-Hadad, responsible for foreign relations and international cooperation

Members of the president's advisory team, who will hold regular meetings with Morsi, will include:

01. Ahmed Omran

02. Omaima El-Salamoni

03. Ayman Ahmed Ali

04. Ayman Amin El-Sayad

05. Bassem Hassaneen El-Rezqa

06. Hussein Mohamed El-Qazaz

07. Khaled Alam El-Din

08. Rafiq Samuel Habib

09. Sekina Fouad

10. Seif El-Din Abdel-Fattah

11. Essam El-Erian

12. Emmad Hussein Abdullah

13. Amr El-Leithi

14. Farouq Goueida

15. Mohamed Selim El-Awa

16. Mohamed Esmat Seif El-Dawla

17. Mohei Hamed Mohamed

Additional names are expected to be revealed in coming days.

Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/51401.aspx

[TonyC]

To put some flesh on the names, the BBC reports...

Egyptian leader Mohammed Mursi has appointed a Christian intellectual, a female university professor and two Islamists as presidential assistants.

Samir Murqus, a liberal Coptic writer, was named assistant for democratic transition, officials announced.

Pakinam al-Sharkawi, who teaches political sciences at Cairo University, will be in charge of political affairs.

During his election campaign Mr Mursi said he would appoint Copts among his advisers, possibly as vice-president.

However, he named Mahmoud Mekki, a veteran judge who campaigned for judicial independence under Hosni Mubarak, as his deputy.

Copts, who make up about 10% of Egypt's 82 million people, were also disappointed that the new cabinet includes only one Christian.

The two other assistants appointed on Monday are members of the two Islamist parties which dominated parliament before it was dissolved in June after a court found the election law had been unconstitutional.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19392476