Mr Morsi replaced long-serving defence minister, Field-Marshal Muhammad Hussein Tantawi, with a former intelligence chief, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The head of Egypt's ruling military council, Hussein Tantawi, announced the partial suspension of the emergency law in January.
Field-Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has continued to pull the strings in Egypt, was named defence minister.
Other high offices of state are taken by Ahmed Abul Gheit, the new foreign minister, and Habib al-Adli and Muhammad Hussein Tantawi, who stay on as interior and defence ministers.
There had been much debate over the fate of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, 76, who until Morsi's election in June had ruled Egypt as head of a military council since Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year.
After Hosni Mubarak fell in February, Egyptians widely if reluctantly accepted that a bunch of generals, led by Mr Mubarak's long-serving 76-year-old defence minister, Field-Marshal Muhammad Hussein Tantawi, should take charge while steering the state towards democracy.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, headed by Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, is now in control of Egypt, a country still dominated by massive rallies, this time dancing and singing ahead of an uncertain near-future.
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