Chad’s Prime Minister Albert Padacke resigned on to make room for a new cabinet, according to the president’s office.
This came after the Central African country decided to push back elections by two years.
Mr Padacke, a civilian politician, was named prime minister of a transitional military government in 2021 after President Mahamat Deby seized power in the wake of his father’s death.
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The military council led by Mr Deby was initially meant to rule for 18 months, but the country announced it would push back democratic elections until around October 2024.
The 38-year-old five-star general, who was sworn in on Monday, 10 October as president, announced the creation of a “government of national union” to chart the path to new elections.
Mr Deby was sworn in on Monday as president for the new transition phase and was expected to appoint a new premier.
Mr Padacke also served as prime minister from 2016 to 2018 and was seen as an ally of former president Idriss Deby, who ruled Chad for 30 years until his death in April 2021.
The elder Déby’s death paved the way for talks between rebel groups, some headed by relatives of the former president, and the military council.
The conference wound up at the weekend after being boycotted by the main political opposition and two out of the three biggest armed rebel groups who accused the Déby government of insincerity, but they still paved the way for negotiations to be held in Chad next year.
