Egypt's interim president has named a new transitional prime minister. He is Hazem el Beblawi, an economist and former finance minister. Mohamed ElBaradei was proposed as deputy president.

Hazem el Beblawi, a 76 year old economist and banker has been named Egypt's interim prime minister. After the removal of the Mubarak regime, he was appointed deputy prime minister for economic affairs and finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle in July 2011.

Acting head of state Adli Mansour also appointed former United Nations nuclear agency chief Mohamed El Baradei as deputy to the president, responsible for foreign affairs. El Baradei's appointment as prime minister was opposed by the hardline Islamist Nour Party.

The Nour Party said it would support Beblawi's appointment, but the head of the party added that it was still studying El Baradei's appointment.

An academic and economist, Beblawi was chairman and chief executive of the Export Development Bank in Egypt from 1983 to 1995 before working for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia as executive secretary until 2000 and then as an advisor to the Arab Monetary Fund in Abu Dhabi from 2001 to 2011.