Xinhua News Agency, Brazzaville, July 16 (Reporter Wang Songyu) Libreville News: The Gabon Presidential Palace announced on the 16th that President Bongo has appointed Defense Minister Osuka as the new prime minister. Osuka became Gabon's first female prime minister.
Osuka is 56 years old, graduated from the public finance major, has held key positions in the bank, and is considered to have a professional background in the economic field. Osuka served as budget minister in 2012, was elected mayor of the capital Libreville in 2014, and was appointed minister of defense in 2019.
Local opinion generally believes that after Osuka became prime minister, a major task is to lead the new government to boost the economy that has been dragged down by the fall in oil prices and the new crown epidemic.