Finance Minister appoints Amr El Kholy as interim head of Customs Authority

Vice Minister of Finance for Public Revenues Amr El Kholy was appointed interim head of the Customs Authority on Thursday, according to a Finance Ministry statement picked up by Al Mal. El Kholy replaces Gamal Abdel Azim, who was arrested last week on charges of accepting bribes worth EGP 1 mn in exchange for facilitating the clearance of goods from customs. There’s no word on the timeline for the appointment of a permanent head of the authority. Sources had said that former Customs Authority boss Magdy Abdel Aziz is the likely candidate to replace Abdel Azim.