1.
GV EXT. KUBBAH PALACE, CAIRO
0.04

2.
SV EXT. PAN. PRESIDENT NASSER ARRIVES, GREETED BY ZAKARIAH MOHEDDIN
0.18

3.
MV INT. ALY SABRY TAKES OATH IN FRONT OF PRESIDENT NASSER
0.22

4.
MV OTHER MINISTERS WAIT TO BE SWORN IN
0.24

5.
SV ZAKARIAH MOHEDDIN COMPLETES OATH, SHAKES HANDS AND STANDS ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT NASSER
0.33

6.
MV MINISTERS WAITING TO BE SWORN IN
0.36

7.
SV A MINISTER TAKES OATH FACING PRESIDENT NASSER
0.39

8.
MV PRESIDENT NASSER IN LINE WITH NEW MEMBERS
0.41

9.
SV ANOTHER NEW MINISTER SWORN IN
0.45

10.
CU PAN. NEW MEMBERS
0.57

11.
GV PRESIDENT NASSER AND HIS NEW MINISTERS POSE FOR PICTURE
1.02



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Background: THE NEW EGYPTIAN CABINET WAS SWORN IN YESTERDAY (SATURDAY). MR. ZAKARIAH MOHEDDIN, THE PRIME MINISTER, REPLACES MR. ALY SABRY.

THE CHANGEOVER FOLLOWS EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND HIS VICE-PRESIDENTS OF WHOM MR. MOHEDDIN IS ONE. APART FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, WHO IS ALSO INTERIOR MINISTER, THERE ARE THREE MINISTERS OF STATE, AND 35 OTHERS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, MINISTERS AND ASSISTANT MINISTERS IN THE CABINET.

THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR. MAHMOUD FAWZI REMAINS IN HIS POST, AS DOES THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MR. MAHMOUD RIAD. MR. SABRY IS TO BE APPOINTED TO THE POST OF SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ARAB SOCIALIST UNION, THE COUNTRY'S ONLY PERMITTED POLITICAL ORGANISATION. HE HAS ALSO BEEN APPOINTED VICE-PRESIDENT.

FOR THE PRESIDENT THERE IS NO CHANGE, HE WAS RE-ELECTED FOR A SECOND TERM LAST MARCH.