Liberal economist new Egypt PM: state media
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hazem al-Beblawi arrives to attend a meeting in Beirut on May 27, 1999. Egypt's interim president named liberal economist Hazem al-Beblawi, a former finance minister, as the country's new prime minister. (AFP/File)
Egypt's interim president on Tuesday named liberal economist Hazem al-Beblawi, a former finance minister, as the country's new prime minister, presidential spokesman Ahmed al-Muslimani said.
Liberal opposition chief and Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei was named vice president for foreign relations, Muslimani said.
The appointments come almost a week after the military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and chose chief justice Adly Mansour to head the Arab world's most populous country.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}ElBaradei was initially tipped to lead the cabinet but his nomination was rejected by the Salafist al-Nur party.
Beblawi now faces the daunting task of trying to reunite a deeply divided country and rescue its battered economy.