{"id":4107,"date":"2026-01-28T22:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/guinea-president-reappoints-amadou-oury-bah-as-pm"},"modified":"2026-01-29T03:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T03:38:24","slug":"guinea-president-reappoints-amadou-oury-bah-as-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/guinea-president-reappoints-amadou-oury-bah-as-pm","title":{"rendered":"Guinea President Reappoints Amadou Oury Bah as PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>Guinea\u2019s newly elected president, Mamadi Doumbouya, announced the reappointment of Amadou Oury Bah as prime minister by presidential decree, allowing him to continue leading the government about two weeks after the inauguration of the new president.<\/p>\n<p>Amadou Oury Bah served as head of government between February 2024 and January 2026 during the period of military council rule, and he now retains his position within the civilian government formed following the presidential election held last December.<\/p>\n<p>Mamadi Doumbouya, the former head of the military council, was sworn in on January 18 for a seven-year term after leading the country since the 2021 military coup that ousted elected President Alpha Conde\u0301.<\/p>\n<p><b>A controversial transition<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Doumbouya\u2019s administration during the period of military rule was marked by a tight security grip, with demonstrations banned since 2022 and opposition figures subjected to arrests, prosecutions, or forced into exile. Human rights organizations have also documented cases of enforced disappearances and kidnappings.<\/p>\n<p>Despite initially pledging not to run for president, Doumbouya contested the most recent election, from which leading opposition figures were excluded. This was preceded by the adoption of a new constitution through a popular referendum last September, which allowed members of the military council to run for office and extended the presidential term from five to seven years, renewable once.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. Guinea\u2019s newly elected president, Mamadi Doumbouya, announced the reappointment of Amadou Oury Bah as prime minister by presidential decree, allowing him to continue leading the government about two weeks after the inauguration of the new president. Amadou Oury Bah served as head of government between February 2024 and January 2026 during the period of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-4107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-policy","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Guinea President Reappoints Amadou Oury Bah as PM - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press. 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