A junta that seized power in OPEC-member state Gabon appointed Marcel Abeke, a former executive of French miner Eramet as the country's new petrol minister on Saturday.
LIBREVILLE, Sept 9 - A junta that seized power in OPEC-member state Gabon appointed Marcel Abeke, a former executive of French miner ErametAbeke was an executive of the company which operates a manganese mine in Gabon until March last year when he was appointed to a new 12-person high commission in charge of evaluating and implementing government action.
Gabon's economy is largely depended on oil exports for revenue. It producers around 200,000 barrels a day of crude oil, making it the second-smallest OPEC producer. Among other ministers announced by transitional prime minister Raymond Ndong Sima are Colonel Maurice Tocui as environment minister, replacing British-Gabonese conservationist Lee White.swap to fund marine conservation.
Other key appointments to the cabinet of 26 ministers, compared with the ousted government of 46, include Mays Mouissi, a Paris-based economist and consultant, as economy minister, and Brigadier-General Brigitte Onkanowa as minister delegate at the presidency in charge of defence.former opposition leader, Ndong Sima, as prime minister of the transitional government.Our Standards:
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