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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Friday, May 12, 2017
Sudan's PM reshuffles cabinet, replaces economic ministers
Sudan's
prime minister and first vice president Bakri Hassan Saleh looks on
during group photos with Minsters at Council of Minsters in Khartoum,
Sudan March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Sudanese Prime Minister Hassan Saleh announced a new government on
Thursday, with changes to economic ministers including the oil,
investment and finance chiefs.
Sudan's constitution was amended in December to introduce the position
of prime minister, a demand of opposition parties that took part in a
national dialogue with the government, with the aim of redistributing
some of the president's extensive powers.
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's long war against various rebel groups
has coincided with a severe economic downturn. This year's budget
foresees a growing deficit and slower growth.
The economic problems have been building since the south seceded in
2011, taking with it three-quarters of oil output, the main source of
foreign currency and government income.
"This government comes to implement the recommendations of the national
dialogue, the country's largest political event after independence in
1956. The government's priorities are to increase production and
people's livelihoods and achieve peace," Saleh said at news conference
on Thursday.
Mohamed Othman Rukabi, a former army lieutenant general, was appointed as finance minister, Saleh said.
Mubarak Fadel al-Mahdi was appointed as minister of investment, while
Abdulrahman Othman Abdulrahman was appointed as oil minister.
Saleh also announced that Hamed al-Mannan was appointed as minister of interior.
Saleh was appointed prime minister on March 1. It was the first time
that Bashir has appointed a prime minister since he came to power in
1989 in an Islamist and military-backed coup.
Saleh, a long-time ally, is the last member of the group of officers that launched the coup to remain at Bashir's side.
(Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz; Writing by Asma Alsharif; Editing by Alison Williams)