Guinea: the transitional government is now complete

A poster of the leader of the putschists and current Guinean head of state, Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, in Conakry, September 11, 2021. © AFP - JOHN WESSELS

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A little more than two months after the seizure of power by the Guinean army, Prime Minister Mohamed Béavogui finally has his entire government.

The latest appointments fell last night with the portfolios of Mines and Geology, the Ministry of Town Planning and Housing and that of Energy, Hydraulics and Hydrocarbons.

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With our correspondent in Conakry,

The new Guinean government is a team mostly made up of apolitical young people with little experience in the management of public affairs.

It is mainly made up of 7 women out of 25 ministers including the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Fatoumata Yarie Soumah who, in the order of protocol comes directly

Regarding reactions, opinion leader Ousmane Kaba believes that it is a good transitional government and what has prevailed is competence and youth.

For Mamadou Bah Baadiko, the president of the UFD, on the other hand, it is "a government of convenience at the discretion of the National Council for Assembly and Development", the transitional body in power.

The oldest government member, Ibrahima Abé Sylla, inherits from the Ministry of Energy and Hydrocarbons.

Finally, an unprecedented fact to note, the return to the government of Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, formerly responsible for the communication of the UFDG, the main party of opposition to the defunct regime without the opinion of his party.

►Also read: Guinea: why does the composition of the government drag on?

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