Khartoum - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on Monday swore in two vice-presidents and new members of his reshuffled cabinet, after urgent calls for reform in the 24-year-old regime.
Other members of his cabinet remain unchanged, including Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohammed Hussein and Foreign Minister Ali Karti.
The new government members are:
- First Vice-President, Lieut. Gen. Bakri Hassan Saleh
- Vice-President, Hassabo Mohammed Abdel Rahman
- Assistant to the President, Ibrahim Ghandour
The new cabinet ministers are:
- Presidential Affairs, Salaheddin Wansi Mohammed Khair
- Interior, Abdel Wahid Yousif Ibrahim (formerly industry minister)
- Finance, Badereldien Mahmoud
- Culture, al-Tayeb Hassan Badawi
- Agriculture, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamed (moves from interior)
- Industry, al-Semaih al-Siddiq al-Nur
- Oil, Makawi Mohammed Awad
- Water Resources and Electricity, Muattaz Musa Abdallah Salim
- Mining, Ahmed Mohammed Saddiq al-Karrouri
- Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sumaya Mohammed Ahmed Abu-Kashawa
- Science and Communication, Tahani Abdallah Attiya
- Federal Government Bureau, Farah Mustafa Abdallah
Sapa-AFP