Egypt’s Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi said his government submitted its resignation to interim president Adly Mansour on Monday, state media reported.
The announcement comes ahead of a presidential election due to be held by mid-April and as defense minister and army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is widely tipped to win the poll if he stands.
Sisi has to resign first from the government and the army before he can officially announce his bid to run for president.