Ahmed Nazif

Prime Minister Nazif is trying to change Egypt's political image.

Egypt's Prime Minister, Ahmed Nazif, is determined to prov that his country is serious about reform. He talks to Stephen Sackur.

Egypt went to the polls twice last year - in September, to re-elect President Hosni Mubarak in the country's first contested presidential election, and in November, where the ruling NDP party secured a large majority in parliament.

But moves towards electoral reform were overshadowed by the imprisonment of key opposition figure Ayman Nour and the shock success of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose candidates won nearly 90 seats in parliament despite being outlawed.

Stephen Sackur talks to Prime Minister, Ahmed Nazif.

He is trying to persuade Western allies that his country is serious about political and economic reform.

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