<p>Ganzouri had earlier headed the government under the Hosni Mubarak regime from 1996 to 1999, Xinhua reported citing Al Jazeera television.<br /><br />Ganzouri, former prime minister of the country, accepted the offer after meeting the military rulers, including Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.<br /><br />Former president Mubarak is on trial on charges of ordering the use of force against protesters during an 18-day uprising that toppled him in February.<br /><br />The former president is also being questioned over charges that he and his family made huge illegal sums of money during the three decades of his rule since 1981.</p>
<p>Ganzouri had earlier headed the government under the Hosni Mubarak regime from 1996 to 1999, Xinhua reported citing Al Jazeera television.<br /><br />Ganzouri, former prime minister of the country, accepted the offer after meeting the military rulers, including Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.<br /><br />Former president Mubarak is on trial on charges of ordering the use of force against protesters during an 18-day uprising that toppled him in February.<br /><br />The former president is also being questioned over charges that he and his family made huge illegal sums of money during the three decades of his rule since 1981.</p>