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The ex-finance minister was found innocent, but has already been sentenced in absentia for other convictionsAn Egyptian court has acquitted three ministers from the toppled regime of Hosni Mubarak of squandering public funds.
It was the first not-guilty verdicts issued in a series of trials of former senior officials following the fall of Mr Mubarak in February.
The ministers include former Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali.
He fled the country in February, and has since been found guilty and sentenced in absentia on other charges.
Anger at government corruption helped fuel the mass protests that overthrew Mr Mubarak, and these trials are being seen as a test of the resolve of the military council that is ruling in his stead.
Former Information Minister Anas al-Fikki was cleared along with Mr Boutros Ghali.
In a separate ruling, former Housing Minister Ahmed Maghrabi was also acquitted. He has also already been sentenced to a prison term on other charges.
Former Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid, who has also fled, was found guilty on Tuesday of squandering public funds.
He was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison - adding to a five-year term he received in June for embezzling public funds.
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