The appointment to the post of Prime Minister of Henri-Marie Dondra was announced this Friday evening, June 11, by a decree read on national radio. Minister of Finance since the election of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in 2016, he succeeds Firmin Ngrebada who resigned on Thursday and the government after the legislative and presidential election.
as reported from Bangui, Carol Valade
Irremovable Finance Minister Henri-Marie Dondra has undergone successive changes since the election of President Touadéra in 2016.
Senior executive of the MCU, the presidential party, he “won the trust” of the head of state said about him his predecessor Firmin Ngrebada in the columns of Jeune Afrique 2019. Many had also invested in a renewal of the latter in their duties after his handling of the security crisis.
Henri-Marie Dondra, a 55-year-old banker, liberal obedience, inherits a difficult financial situation after months of blocking after the rebel offensive.
A member of Bangui’s First District, a time predicted by perch, he is considered less close to Moscow than his predecessor in diplomatic circles.
The challenges abound. Security first continued military operations in the regions. But also humanitarian. Following the conflict, the country has more than 700,000 internally displaced persons and almost half of the population in a food security situation.
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