The new government sworn in on Saturday is headed by Sherif Ismail (seen left, with el-Sissi in above photo), the former oil minister, the state-run newspaper al-Ahram reported.
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Other key portfolios, including finance, defense, the interior, foreign affairs and justice, have been kept as they were.
Mahlab submitted his resignation on September 12 after the former agriculture minister Salah El Din Mahmoud Helal was arrested “in connection with a corruption case involving illegal land licenses”.
It had also come under growing criticism for delays in economic projects.
According to Agence France-Presse, which cited an anonymous government official, the reshuffle, which is the first such move since Sisi won last year’s elections, was meant to “pump new blood” into the government.
The elections had initially been scheduled for early 2015 but were cancelled by a court on technical grounds.
The newly appointed administration faces a number of challenges.
Morsi’s removal and detention unleashed a deadly crackdown on Islamists that killed hundreds of protesters, and the army has struggled to quash a jihadist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula.
The new government is expected to remain in office until a new parliament is elected this year.
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Egypt, whose governments have long been plagued by corruption allegations, has been in turmoil since the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
