Prime Minister Sherif Ismail appointed Ambassador Yasser Elnaggar as first assistant to the minister of planning and administrative reform.
Elnaggar had previously served as the first assistant to the minister of investment, where he assumed duties of general coordinator of the Egypt Economic Development Conference held in Sharm el-Sheikh, which put Egypt back on the international scene after years of absence.
Elnaggar also was entrusted with solving many of the problems facing investors through the Arbitration Committee and taking part in a number of private international arbitration cases negotiations.