Niger junta appoints new prime minister
By Abbas musa Kanempress
8th August 2023
Military junta in Niger led by leader General Abdourahmane Tchiani has named a former finance minister as the new prime minister following the 26 July coup.
Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine replaces Mahamadou Ouhoumoudou, who was in Europe during the coup.
Mr Zeine, who is in his 50s, had served as cabinet director and finance minister from 2001 until the overthrow of the late former President Mamadou Tandja by the army in 2010.
Mr Zeine’s appointment was read on state-owned television channel Télé Sahel by a junta spokesperson.
He has worked for the African Development Bank in Chad, Ivory Coast and Gabon in recent years.
The military junta had also appointed Brigadier General Amadou Didilli as the head of the country’s High Authority for Peace Consolidation (HACP) and Brigadier General Abou Tague Mahamadou as the inspector general of the army and the national gendarmerie.
It named Colonel Ibro Amadou Bachirou as the private chief of staff of the junta leader and Leuitenant Col Habibou Assoumane as the commander of the presidential guard.
