{"id":1348,"date":"2011-03-04T09:06:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T09:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2011-03-04T09:06:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T09:06:35","slug":"egypt-prime-minister-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2011\/03\/04\/1348\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Prime Minister Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"esam_shafiq\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/esam_shafiq.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"208\" \/>CAIRO \u2013 Bowing to protestors demanding his resignation, Egypt\u2019s interim Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq stepped down on Thursday, March 3.<br \/>&#8220;The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces decided to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq,\u201d Egypt\u2019s military rulers said in a statement on its Facebook page cited by Reuters.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shafiq, a former air force officer, was appointed by ousted president Hosni Mubarak in his final days in office before he stepped down on Feb. 11 after an 18-day popular uprising against his rule.<br \/>The military council, which took over from Mubarak, ordered Shafiq&#8217;s government to run the country&#8217;s affairs for six months &#8220;or until the end of parliamentary and presidential elections.&#8221;<br \/>However, protests demanding Shafiq\u2019s resignation never stopped, accusing the former aviation minister of being a close aide to the ousted President.<br \/>Seeking to appease the protestors, Shafiq made a cabinet reshuffle last week, a move that failed to satisfy the demonstrators.<br \/>The Muslim Brotherhood, the most powerful opposition group in Egypt, and other political groupings had been calling for Shafiq and his government to quit.<br \/>The opposition had urged a clean break from the 30 years of Mubarak rule and wanted a cabinet of technocrats appointed in the interim period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mubarak Opponent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The military rulers handpicked former transport minister Essam Sharaf to succeed Shafiq.<br \/> \u201cThe Supreme Council of the Armed Forces\u2026appointed Essam Sharaf to form the new government,&#8221; the statement said.<br \/>Sharaf, a former transport minister, declared his support for the youth-led uprising in its early days.<br \/>He was reportedly said to have joined the protesters in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the revolt, days before Mubarak stepped down.<br \/>A professor of engineering, Sharaf is highly respected among the Egyptian public.<br \/>Having served under Mubarak from 2004 to 2006, he has been a vocal opponent of Mubarak\u2019s regime since leaving office.<br \/>He resigned four years ago from the cabinet following a deadly train accident.<br \/>His resignation came in protest over what he said was a lack of resources to improve the country&#8217;s railway network.<br \/>Sharaf then returned to academia to teach as a professor at Cairo University. 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