Chad: a mini-reshuffle and a patrimonial visit: instilling fiscal, regime discipline
- January 11, 2019
- - 5:04 pm
President of Chad Idriss Déby effected a mini-reshuffle of his cabinet January 11, while also conducting a tour of his home Ennedi West province in the country’s remote northeast. In both cases, the Chadian president intends to ensure sound discipline over two areas of geopolitical stress as his government begins what could be another volatile year. Déby reshuffled his petroleum and energy minister (as well as his communications minister), replacing Michel Boukar with Allali Mahamat Abakar, a trusted and experienced financial manager who has risen rapidly through the ranks of the country’s economic portfolios. Over the course of the latter …
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