Ivory Coast president names a largely unchanged but slimmer government
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- 31 Aug 2022
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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara appointed a slimmed-down government of 32 ministers on Wednesday, down from 41, keeping the same men at the head of the defence, finance and foreign affairs ministries but naming a new mines minister, according to a statement.
Ouattara promised to reduce the size of the West African country's Cabinet after Prime Minister Patrick Achi tabled his resignation and that of his government on April 13.
Achi was reappointed days later. His return was announced as Ouattara named West African central bank Governor Tiemoko Meyliet Kone as his vice president
Most of Ouattara's key ministers have kept their positions in the re-shuffled Cabinet, the presidency statement showed, including his brother Tene Birahima Ouattara as head of defence.
The minister of mines and energy was replaced with former agriculture minister Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly. Other changes include the ministers of culture and private sector investment. Read More...
