CAIRO, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday assigned Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli to form a new government, official Al-Ahram news website reported.

Madbouli will thus become the new prime minister to replace his predecessor Sherif Ismail, who submitted the resignation of his cabinet to Sisi on Tuesday.

The de facto appointment of Madbouli as Egypt's new prime minister came a few days after Sisi was sworn in for a second four-year presidential term.