Al Bashir reshuffles NCP ministers in Sudan’s cabinet
February 14, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on Thursday reshuffled the ministers of the National Congress Party in the national cabinet, sacking the controversial justice minister and making seven new cabinet appointments.
Justice Minister Mohamed Ali al-Mardi, recently locked in repeated rows with the media over alleged mismanagement, was fired and replaced by Abdel Basset Saleh Sbidrat, federal affairs minister in the outgoing cabinet.
Ibrahim Mohamed Hamed, a former provincial governor, was appointed interior minister, replacing Zubir Beshir Taha who was demoted to agriculture.
Energy minister Awad al-Jaz swapped jobs with finance minister Zubeir Ahmed al-Hassan, while Mohamed Ahmed Taher Abu Kalabish moved from the state education portfolio to take up the reins at the animal resources ministry.
The Sudanese president also made Ibrahim Mohamed Omar, a senior member of his ruling National Congress Party, minister of science and technology.
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Yong Kuai
Al Bashir reshuffles NCP ministers in Sudan’s cabinet
It doesn’t make any difference at all!
Sound good if they had replaced them with Southern Sudanese Ministers. Mohamed and Ahmed doesn’t make any diference.
Urbano Tito Tipo
Al Bashir reshuffles NCP ministers in Sudan’s cabinet
There some suprises in the re-shuffle. Ministries of energy, intrerior, animal resources. Awad El-jaz never expected that one day he could be remove unless departed by death. Interiror was the right hand man of the president and also his relative. Galwak Deng is now sure to become the next Upper Nile Governor. Bravo to Galwak. Mohammed Ali al-Mardi from Khordofan and a member of Democratic Party of El-margani who cross over to NCP for position has his time out. He services are no longer desired.
Moses Kuocgoor
Al Bashir reshuffles NCP ministers in Sudan’s cabinet
This reshuffle would never benefit the Southerners and the marginalized regions. It should have been better if the ministers are mixed, for instance, one minister from the South, one from the north, one from the east and one from the region of Darfur in order to curb the violence in the country. If the policy is still played by the same people, the violence will never stop in some parts of the country. As I have seen President Omer stressed about the change he made. It seems that he has very little believed in the reshuffling of the ministers. I personally don’t believe in the NCP’s policy in Khartoum. The game is over and it is time for reality.