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Senegalese Prez appoints new PM

By IANS | Updated: September 18, 2022 01:25 IST

Dakar, Sep 18 Senegalese President Macky Sall appointed a new Prime Minister, a position he abolished in 2019 ...

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Dakar, Sep 18 Senegalese President Macky Sall appointed a new Prime Minister, a position he abolished in 2019 and reinstated in 2021.

According to a presidential decree, the Inspector of taxes and domains Amadou Ba was appointed the Prime Minister and he received instructions to form a cabinet during Saturday.

Aged 61, the new Prime Minister was Minister of Economy and Finance (2013-2019) under the regime of Macky Sall, then Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad (2019-2020), Xinhua news agency reported.

In place since November 2020, the outgoing government had 33 Ministers and four Secretaries of State.

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