Doumbouya Keeps Bah as Guinea PM

Guinea’s newly elected president, former junta leader Mamady Doumbouya, has appointed a prime minister to the West African country’s government less than two weeks after being sworn in.

Amadou Oury Bah, who already served as prime minister from February 2024 to January 2026 under the country’s junta, will remain in the role under the new government, according to a decree read on national television Monday evening.

Doumbouya was elected in late December and inaugurated as president on January 18 for a seven-year term, following his four years as head of the country’s junta after toppling Guinea’s first freely elected president, Alpha Conde, in 2021.

In the same decree, Doumbouya additionally announced that the government will include 27 ministries and two secretaries-general. Their appointments are expected in the coming days.

Although Doumbouya initially pledged not to run for president after seizing power, he ultimately stood for election in a race in which all main opposition leaders were barred.

In late September, Guineans approved a new constitution in a referendum that permitted junta members to run for office, paving the way for Doumbouya’s candidacy.

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