Hurghada and Safaga Get New City Chiefs in the Red Sea Governor's Transfer Order

Red Sea governor Walid El-Barqi has issued a round of internal transfers covering departments at the governorate's head office and the local units of its cities and districts. The governorate says the aim is to bring in new people, develop the way the administration works and raise the quality of services for residents.

The city and district posts are the ones residents deal with directly: the city chief heads the local unit that takes everyday requests and complaints.

City and district chiefs

• Maj. Gen. Ahmed Gabr moves from head of Hurghada's South district to head of Hurghada city.
• Brig. Gen. Mohamed El-Banna moves from head of Shalatin city to head of Safaga city.
• Maj. Gen. Ahmed Dongol moves from head of Safaga city to head of Shalatin city.
• Ayman Sultan becomes head of the South district, moving from director of the electronic gateway department at the head office.

Head office and Hurghada city posts

The list published by Youm7 also names:

• Mansour Taher — properties at the head office
• Ahmed Hassan Abdallah — the governorate's financial affairs
• Nermin Ramzy — the electronic gateway
• Hisham Rashwan — financial and administrative affairs at the head office
• Nesreen Othman — production and economic affairs
• Zein Marei Tantawy — human resources at the head office
• Ashraf Abdel Rahman — the councils department
• Yasmin Salah — the tourism department at the head office
• Nadia Abdel Latif — contracts and procurement at the head office
• Ashraf Sayed Ali — financial affairs in Hurghada city
• Marwa Samir, an engineer — properties in Hurghada city

The governorate's statement, carried by two further outlets without the names, says the movement is meant to improve coordination between departments and executive bodies so residents' business is settled faster. It does not give the date on which the moves take effect. An Ahram Gate page said to carry the full list could not be retrieved.