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06NDJAMENA1070
2006-08-17 16:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ndjamena
Cable title:
CHAD: NEW GOVERNMENT NAMED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 NDJAMENA 001070
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INFO AF/PD (CANYASO)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/17/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
SUBJECT: CHAD: NEW GOVERNMENT NAMED
REF: NDJAMENA 1055
Classified By: DCM LUCY TAMLYN FOR REASONS 1.4 (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 NDJAMENA 001070
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SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C, LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA-WATCHERS
INFO AF/PD (CANYASO)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/17/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
SUBJECT: CHAD: NEW GOVERNMENT NAMED
REF: NDJAMENA 1055
Classified By: DCM LUCY TAMLYN FOR REASONS 1.4 (D)
1. (C) Summary. President Deby,s new cabinet rewards those
opposition parties which participated in the May Presidential
elections and subsequent "political dialogue," but makes no
other gestures towards broadening Chad,s political space.
The reappointment of heavyweights to the key positions of
Foreign Affairs, Finance and Planning sends a message of
continuity and professionalism which reverberates well with
the international community. End summary.
2. (C) Continuity is the hallmark of the new government
named by President Idriss Deby Itno a week following his
inauguration for a third five-year term. Prime Minister
Pascal Youdimnadji retained his post. The key ministries of
Finance, Foreign Affairs, Petroleum, Defense and Planning
were not changed. Corruption watchers noted that the
Minister of Moralization continues in his post, despite
having ousted two sitting ministers on corruption charges
last month.
3. (C) The former Human Rights Minister, a prominent
southern human rights activist (and former exile) moved up to
the more important position of Minister of Justice. The
Minister of Commerce, a pharmacist by training, moved
laterally to Ministry of Public Health, a position with
heavy interaction with donors and the international public
health community. The Minister of Health, considered a good
interlocutor by EU contacts, moved to the Ministry of
Education (interestingly, he is actually an educator).
4. (C) Of note, all political parties which had put forward
candidates to run against President Deby in May,s
presidential elections were given ministerial positions (none
of the first rank, but then again not completely negligible.)
Presidential candidate Brahim Khoulamalla is the new
Minister of Tourism. Candidate Dr. Nouradine Delwa Kassire
is the new Minister of Regional, Urban and Housing
Development, and Pahimi Padacke Albert, Minister of
Agriculture (even when running for President in May) retained
his post. The fourth candidate is under investigation by the
Minister of Moralization for corruption, but his party was
rewarded with the Ministry of Family and Social Action.
5. (C) The fate of President Deby,s long-time comarade in
arms and chief powerbroker, Mahamat Ali Nassour was closely
watched, particularly given the rumors circulating of
Nassour,s involvement with non-signatory Darfur rebel
groups. Nassour received a more elevated title as "Minister
of State" in his move from Territorial Administration to
Mines and Energy ) not an unimportant sinecure, but one
which may remove him temporarily from the spotlight (though
presumably not from behind the scenes). Another MPS
stalwart, Mahamat Bachir, responsible for the successful
execution of May,s elections, was rewarded with the
Territorial Administration Post.
6. (C) On the gender front, five women now occupy
Ministerial positions, and several new posts were created,
including Minister of Culture and Minister of Rural
Waterworks.
7. (C) Comment: One hardly needed to read further than the
re-appointment of Prime Minister Pascal Youdimnadji )
frequently disparaged in the Southern-dominated media as
little more than a mouthpiece for the regime -- to recognize
that nothing new was being tried in this cabinet. However,
donors and representatives of international financial
institutions were relieved at the retention of the Ministers
of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Infrastructure and Planning, as
these key interlocutors were widely seen as competent and
professional. The World Bank, in particular, was concerned
NDJAMENA 00001070 002 OF 003
that Finance Minister Tolli, viewed as a linchpin in the
recent World Bank/Government of Chad (GOC) agreement on use
of oil revenues, would be replaced. In other portfolios,
President Deby was punctilious in rewarding those opposition
parties which agreed to participate in the May elections, and
which participated in the much touted &political dialogue8
(reftel). The new Cabinet, however, is a far cry from the
bold experiment in opening up the political arena urged on
the President privately by interlocutors ) including the
United States and France.
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NEW GOVERNMENT
--------------
8. (U) GOVERNMENT OF AUGUST 15, 2006
(NEW MINISTER-LEVEL POSITIONS:* NEW TO POST:** )
1. PRIME MINISTER: MR. PASCAL YOADIMNADJI
2. MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTER OF INFRASTRUCTURE: MR.
ADOUM YOUNOUSMI
3. MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTER OF REGIONAL, URBAN AND
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: DR. NOURADINE DELWA KASSIRE COUMAKOYE**
4. MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY: MR.
MAHAMAT ALI ABDALLAH NASSOUR**
5. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND AFRICAN INTEGRATION: MR
AHMED ALLAM-MI
6. MINISTER OF JUSTICE: MR. ABDERAMANE DJASNABAILLE**
7. MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION: MR. AHMAT
MAHAMAT BACHIR**
8. MINISTER OF ECONOMY, PLANNING AND COOPERATION: MR.
MAHAMAT ALI HASSAN
9. MINISTER OF FINANCE: MR ABBAS MAHAMAT TOLLI
10. MINISTER OF CIVIL SERVICE, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT: MS.
FATIME TCHOMBI**
11. MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH: MS. NGARMBATINA CARMEL SOU
IV**
12. MINISTER OF NATIONAL EDUCATION: MR. MOUSSA KADAM**
13. MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: DR. OUMAR IDRISS AL-FAROUK
14. MINISTER OF PETROLIUM: MR. MAHAMAT NASSER HASSAN
15. MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: MR. BICHARA ISSA
DJADALLAH
16. MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION: MR.
ROUTOUANG YOMA GOLOM
17. MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE: MR. PAHIMI PADACKE ALBERT
18. MINISTER OF LIVESTOCK: MR. MOUCKTAR MOUSSA**
19. MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND CRAFTS: MR. YOUSSOUF
ABBASSALLAH**
20. MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND FISHERIES: MR. EMMANUEL
NADINGAR**
21. MINISTER OF RURAL WATERWORKS*: DR. (MS.) HAOUA OUTHMAN
DJAME**
NDJAMENA 00001070 003 OF 003
22. MINISTER OF FAMILY AND SOCIAL ACTION: MR. AHMAT
MAHAMAT ZENE**
23. MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GENERAL STATE CONTROL AND
MORALIZATION: MR. MAHAMAT BECHIR OKORMI
24. MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION, GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: MR.
HOURMADJI MOUSSA DOUMGOR
25. MINISTER OF POSTAL SERVICE AND NEW COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES: MR. MAHAMAT GARFA
26. MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORT: MR. OUMAR BOUKAR
27. MINISTER OF CULTURE*: MS. DILLAH LUCIENNE**
28. MINISTER OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: MR. BRAHIM
KHOULAMALLAH**
29. MINISTER OF SOLIDARITY AND MICRO-CREDITS*: MS. MARIAM
MOUSSA ALI**
30. MINISTER IN CHARGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS: MR. AHMAT
ABDOULAYE OGOUM**
31. MINISTER IN CHARGE OF DECENTRALIZATION: MR. SAUGUELNI
BONIFACE**
32. MINISTER SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE GOVERNMENT, IN
CHARGE OF RELATIONS WITH THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: MR. KALZEUBE
PAYIMI DEUBET**
33. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF INFRASTRUCTURE,
IN CHARGE OF TRANSPORTATION: MR. GOUNDOUL VIKAMA**
34. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AND AFRICAN INTEGRATION: MR. DJIDDA MOUSSA OUTMAN**
35. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH*:
MR. OUMAR BOUKAR GANA**
36. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF FINANCES, IN
CHARGE OF THE BUDGET: MR. ABAKAR MALLAH**
37. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE: MR.
MAHAMAT MAOULOUD IZZADINE**
38. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL
ADMINISTRATION: MR. DJERAREOU BAKITA**
39. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL
EDUCATION, IN CHARGE OF LITERACY: MS. ALBATOUL ZAKARIA**
40. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER SECRETARY GENERAL OF
THE GOVERNMENT, IN CHARGE OF RELATIONS WITH THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY: MR. NADJALTA MIRANGAYE**
WALL
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C, LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA-WATCHERS
INFO AF/PD (CANYASO)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/17/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
SUBJECT: CHAD: NEW GOVERNMENT NAMED
REF: NDJAMENA 1055
Classified By: DCM LUCY TAMLYN FOR REASONS 1.4 (D)
1. (C) Summary. President Deby,s new cabinet rewards those
opposition parties which participated in the May Presidential
elections and subsequent "political dialogue," but makes no
other gestures towards broadening Chad,s political space.
The reappointment of heavyweights to the key positions of
Foreign Affairs, Finance and Planning sends a message of
continuity and professionalism which reverberates well with
the international community. End summary.
2. (C) Continuity is the hallmark of the new government
named by President Idriss Deby Itno a week following his
inauguration for a third five-year term. Prime Minister
Pascal Youdimnadji retained his post. The key ministries of
Finance, Foreign Affairs, Petroleum, Defense and Planning
were not changed. Corruption watchers noted that the
Minister of Moralization continues in his post, despite
having ousted two sitting ministers on corruption charges
last month.
3. (C) The former Human Rights Minister, a prominent
southern human rights activist (and former exile) moved up to
the more important position of Minister of Justice. The
Minister of Commerce, a pharmacist by training, moved
laterally to Ministry of Public Health, a position with
heavy interaction with donors and the international public
health community. The Minister of Health, considered a good
interlocutor by EU contacts, moved to the Ministry of
Education (interestingly, he is actually an educator).
4. (C) Of note, all political parties which had put forward
candidates to run against President Deby in May,s
presidential elections were given ministerial positions (none
of the first rank, but then again not completely negligible.)
Presidential candidate Brahim Khoulamalla is the new
Minister of Tourism. Candidate Dr. Nouradine Delwa Kassire
is the new Minister of Regional, Urban and Housing
Development, and Pahimi Padacke Albert, Minister of
Agriculture (even when running for President in May) retained
his post. The fourth candidate is under investigation by the
Minister of Moralization for corruption, but his party was
rewarded with the Ministry of Family and Social Action.
5. (C) The fate of President Deby,s long-time comarade in
arms and chief powerbroker, Mahamat Ali Nassour was closely
watched, particularly given the rumors circulating of
Nassour,s involvement with non-signatory Darfur rebel
groups. Nassour received a more elevated title as "Minister
of State" in his move from Territorial Administration to
Mines and Energy ) not an unimportant sinecure, but one
which may remove him temporarily from the spotlight (though
presumably not from behind the scenes). Another MPS
stalwart, Mahamat Bachir, responsible for the successful
execution of May,s elections, was rewarded with the
Territorial Administration Post.
6. (C) On the gender front, five women now occupy
Ministerial positions, and several new posts were created,
including Minister of Culture and Minister of Rural
Waterworks.
7. (C) Comment: One hardly needed to read further than the
re-appointment of Prime Minister Pascal Youdimnadji )
frequently disparaged in the Southern-dominated media as
little more than a mouthpiece for the regime -- to recognize
that nothing new was being tried in this cabinet. However,
donors and representatives of international financial
institutions were relieved at the retention of the Ministers
of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Infrastructure and Planning, as
these key interlocutors were widely seen as competent and
professional. The World Bank, in particular, was concerned
NDJAMENA 00001070 002 OF 003
that Finance Minister Tolli, viewed as a linchpin in the
recent World Bank/Government of Chad (GOC) agreement on use
of oil revenues, would be replaced. In other portfolios,
President Deby was punctilious in rewarding those opposition
parties which agreed to participate in the May elections, and
which participated in the much touted &political dialogue8
(reftel). The new Cabinet, however, is a far cry from the
bold experiment in opening up the political arena urged on
the President privately by interlocutors ) including the
United States and France.
--------------
NEW GOVERNMENT
--------------
8. (U) GOVERNMENT OF AUGUST 15, 2006
(NEW MINISTER-LEVEL POSITIONS:* NEW TO POST:** )
1. PRIME MINISTER: MR. PASCAL YOADIMNADJI
2. MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTER OF INFRASTRUCTURE: MR.
ADOUM YOUNOUSMI
3. MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTER OF REGIONAL, URBAN AND
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: DR. NOURADINE DELWA KASSIRE COUMAKOYE**
4. MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY: MR.
MAHAMAT ALI ABDALLAH NASSOUR**
5. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND AFRICAN INTEGRATION: MR
AHMED ALLAM-MI
6. MINISTER OF JUSTICE: MR. ABDERAMANE DJASNABAILLE**
7. MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION: MR. AHMAT
MAHAMAT BACHIR**
8. MINISTER OF ECONOMY, PLANNING AND COOPERATION: MR.
MAHAMAT ALI HASSAN
9. MINISTER OF FINANCE: MR ABBAS MAHAMAT TOLLI
10. MINISTER OF CIVIL SERVICE, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT: MS.
FATIME TCHOMBI**
11. MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH: MS. NGARMBATINA CARMEL SOU
IV**
12. MINISTER OF NATIONAL EDUCATION: MR. MOUSSA KADAM**
13. MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: DR. OUMAR IDRISS AL-FAROUK
14. MINISTER OF PETROLIUM: MR. MAHAMAT NASSER HASSAN
15. MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: MR. BICHARA ISSA
DJADALLAH
16. MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION: MR.
ROUTOUANG YOMA GOLOM
17. MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE: MR. PAHIMI PADACKE ALBERT
18. MINISTER OF LIVESTOCK: MR. MOUCKTAR MOUSSA**
19. MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND CRAFTS: MR. YOUSSOUF
ABBASSALLAH**
20. MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND FISHERIES: MR. EMMANUEL
NADINGAR**
21. MINISTER OF RURAL WATERWORKS*: DR. (MS.) HAOUA OUTHMAN
DJAME**
NDJAMENA 00001070 003 OF 003
22. MINISTER OF FAMILY AND SOCIAL ACTION: MR. AHMAT
MAHAMAT ZENE**
23. MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GENERAL STATE CONTROL AND
MORALIZATION: MR. MAHAMAT BECHIR OKORMI
24. MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION, GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: MR.
HOURMADJI MOUSSA DOUMGOR
25. MINISTER OF POSTAL SERVICE AND NEW COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES: MR. MAHAMAT GARFA
26. MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORT: MR. OUMAR BOUKAR
27. MINISTER OF CULTURE*: MS. DILLAH LUCIENNE**
28. MINISTER OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: MR. BRAHIM
KHOULAMALLAH**
29. MINISTER OF SOLIDARITY AND MICRO-CREDITS*: MS. MARIAM
MOUSSA ALI**
30. MINISTER IN CHARGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS: MR. AHMAT
ABDOULAYE OGOUM**
31. MINISTER IN CHARGE OF DECENTRALIZATION: MR. SAUGUELNI
BONIFACE**
32. MINISTER SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE GOVERNMENT, IN
CHARGE OF RELATIONS WITH THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: MR. KALZEUBE
PAYIMI DEUBET**
33. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF INFRASTRUCTURE,
IN CHARGE OF TRANSPORTATION: MR. GOUNDOUL VIKAMA**
34. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AND AFRICAN INTEGRATION: MR. DJIDDA MOUSSA OUTMAN**
35. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH*:
MR. OUMAR BOUKAR GANA**
36. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF FINANCES, IN
CHARGE OF THE BUDGET: MR. ABAKAR MALLAH**
37. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE: MR.
MAHAMAT MAOULOUD IZZADINE**
38. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL
ADMINISTRATION: MR. DJERAREOU BAKITA**
39. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL
EDUCATION, IN CHARGE OF LITERACY: MS. ALBATOUL ZAKARIA**
40. MINISTER DELEGATE TO THE MINISTER SECRETARY GENERAL OF
THE GOVERNMENT, IN CHARGE OF RELATIONS WITH THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY: MR. NADJALTA MIRANGAYE**
WALL