The re-appointment of Field Marshal Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf), is in line with an interim constitutional declaration issued after June's presidential election run-off. The Scaf assumed presidential powers after Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down as president in February 2011.
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