Sudan PM names first Cabinet since removal of al-Bashir
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CAIRO — Sudan’s newly appointed prime minister announced his Cabinet on Thursday, the first since the military’s ouster of autocratic former President Omar al-Bashir in April, and appointees include Sudan’s first woman foreign minister and a former World Bank economist.
The Cabinet is part of a power-sharing agreement between the military and pro-democracy demonstrators, following pressure from the United States and its Arab allies, amid growing concerns the political crisis could ignite a civil war.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said in a news conference in the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday the Cabinet will include at least three women, including Asmaa Abdalla as the first woman to serve as foreign minister in Sudanese history.
He also picked Ibrahim Elbadawi, a former World Bank economist, to lead the Finance Ministry. Overhauling Sudan’s ailing economy is a top challenge facing the county’s transitional government.
