OUAGADOUGOU, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore on Saturday appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as the country's new prime minister.
According to a presidential decree read out on public television by general secretary of the government Mathias Traore, "Mr. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo is appointed prime minister."
Prior to this, Ouedraogo served as minister of communication, culture, arts and tourism.
On Friday, Traore terminated Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela's duties of prime minister and dissolved the government. ■