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Burundi's president appoints new EAC minister

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza appointed Leontine Nzeyimana as the minister at the presidential office in charge of East African Community (EAC) affairs, a presidential decree said here on Wednesday.


Nzeyimana replaced Hafsa Mossi who resigned for a position at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) as a lawmaker.

The Burundian National Assembly (parliament) elected Mossi as one of the nine Burundian lawmakers for the EALA on April 25, 2012.

New Minister for EAC Affairs Nzeyimana was a member of the National Assembly since 2010 general elections and was elected on behalf of the ruling CNDD-FDD.

 

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