Beavogui, who has no earlier authorities expertise, is an knowledgeable in agricultural finance and has labored for worldwide organisations, together with the UN.
Guinea’s army authorities has named Mohamed Beavogui, a former civil servant and knowledgeable in agricultural finance, as prime minister to preside over a promised transition again to democratic rule following final month’s coup.
Beavogui, whose nomination was introduced on Wednesday on nationwide tv, had a prestigious profession with worldwide organisations, together with the United Nations, however has no nationwide authorities expertise – probably distancing him from the Guinean political infighting of current years.
The 68-year-old engineering graduate and son of a diplomat is an knowledgeable in agricultural improvement financing and danger administration.
Beavogui can also be the nephew of Diallo Telli, a celebrated Guinean diplomat who served as the primary secretary-general of the Organisation of African Unity, the predecessor to the African Union, and was killed by the federal government of army ruler Sekou Toure in 1977.
Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, who led the September 5 coup that overthrew President Alpha Conde, was inaugurated as interim president final week for a transition interval of unspecified size. In a speech, he outlined his “dedication” that neither he nor any member of the army authorities would stand in any future elections that the army has promised to organise after the transition interval.
His administration’s mission, Doumbouya mentioned, was to “refound the state” by drafting a brand new structure, preventing corruption, reforming the electoral system after which organising “free, credible and clear” elections.
The coup towards Conde, who’s being held at an undisclosed location, was the fourth in West and Central Africa since final yr, following two in Mali and one in Chad. The deposed chief is being held at an undisclosed location.
West African states, fearing a contagion impact throughout the area, agreed final month to impose sanctions on members of the army authorities and their family.
Conde turned Guinea’s first democratically elected president in 2010 and was re-elected in 2015. However final yr he pushed by means of a controversial new structure that allowed him to run for a 3rd time period in October 2020.
The transfer sparked mass demonstrations wherein dozens of protesters had been killed. Conde received re-election however the political opposition maintained the ballot was a sham.