Senegal: Macky Sall forms a government of openness and "combat"

Senegalese President Macky Sall, here in February 2016 (illustration).

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In Senegal, the government composition expected for four days was finally unveiled this Sunday afternoon.

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With our correspondent in Dakar,

It is a new government " 

 " which was unveiled this Sunday in Senegal.

A government that wants to be rejuvenated, with the entry of several members of the opposition " 

 " launched following the re-election of Macky Sall in February 2019.

Seven new personalities are entering this " 

 " composed of 33 ministers and four secretaries of state.

Among them, members of the opposition like Oumar Sarr, a former executive of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) of Abdoulaye Wade.

He was appointed Minister of Mines and Geology. 

Idrissa Seck third state personality

But the surprise comes above all from the appointment of Idrissa Seck to the presidency of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council.

The leader of the opposition party Rewmi, who came second in the 2019 presidential election, then becomes the third personality of the state.

Several heavyweights of the presidential party the RPA were not renewed, such as Amadou Ba, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Aly Ngouille Ndiaye, former Minister of the Interior

The big news comes from the creation of a Ministry of Crafts and Transformation of the informal sector, in order to respond to national development in the post-Covid19 context.

The new government team will meet next Wednesday in the Council of Ministers. 

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