Egypt picked a new finance minister on Sunday as part of a cabinet reshuffle demanded by protesters camped out in central Cairo, and the outgoing minister said policy-making had become "confused". Samir Radwan, the outgoing minister, will be replaced by Hazem el-Beblawi, who was picked on Saturday as an economic adviser and one of two deputies to Prime Minister Essam Sharaf.
"Goodbye. The rest will soon follow," one Egyptian, Mohamed Essam, wrote on the cabinet's website. Another, Abou Hanafy, wrote on Twitter: "Let the season of resignations begin."
Egyptians ended Hosni Mubarak's 30 years in power on Feb. 11, but many are frustrated that the ruling army council has not moved faster to shake up the system and purge the ex-president's officials. Radwan was appointed shortly before Mubarak left.
Sharaf has yet to announce his new cabinet but the ministers of finance, industry and foreign affairs have all now quit. The justice, interior, education, culture and information ministers could stay, the official news agency said.
Sharaf promised a reshuffle as one of several concessions offered by him and the army to placate protesters. But demonstrators have stayed in Cairo's Tahrir Square since July 8 and also protested in other cities, increasingly directing their anger at the army.
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