The military leader of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has constituted a government of 23 ministers. The new cabinet is expected to run the country until civilian is restored in July 2024.
On Friday, Traoré appointed 64-year-old Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tembela as Prime Minister.
The new cabinet is composed of two military officers overseeing the Ministry of defence and security and five ministers from the former cabinet of Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba–the coup leader overthrown in a subsequent coup in September.
There are five women on the team, however, Olivia Ragnagbnewendé Rouamba remains Foreign Affairs Minister. She had earlier led negotiations with the regional bloc, ECOWAS, on the timetable and deadline for the transition to civilian rule.
A charter providing for a government of no more than 25 ministers and a 71-member assembly was adopted on October 14 and places the end of the military transition in July 2024.
