MOVES- President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has tapped Lieutenant General Osama Rabie as the new head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), succeeding Mohab Mamish, who was appointed as a presidential advisor on seaports and the Suez Canal, according to reports. Rabie served as the deputy chairman of the SCA under Mamish. Mamish has been head of SCA since 2012. Reuters also has the story.

El Sisi also appointed Yehia Zaki as the president of the Suez Canal Economic Zone, also taking on a post that was held by Mamish, according to an official statement. An engineer by trade, Zaki is the managing director of renowned Beirut-based engineering consultancy Dar Al Handasah. He also sits on the boards of Egypt’s sovereign wealth fund, Egypt Post, the British Egyptian Business Association, and the Egyptian-British Chamber of Commerce.

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