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Fourth Hammoudi Bayoun cabinet
17th Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
2023–present
Nana Labat Rachid, Advisor to the Presidency, announces the 17th Government of the Sahrawi Republic.
Date formed	14 February 2023 (2023-02-14)
People and organisations
President	Brahim Ghali
Prime Minister	Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
No. of ministers	17
Total no. of members	22
Member parties	Polisario Front
Status in legislature	One-party state 51 / 51 (100%)
History
Election	2023 Sahrawi presidential election
Legislature terms	12th term of the Sahrawi National Council
Predecessor	16th Government of the Sahrawi Republic
Successor	Incumbent

The 17th Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic was announced by President Brahim Ghali on 14 February 2023, after he won re-election in the 2023 Sahrawi presidential election held during the 16th Congress of the POLISARIO Front. It is headed by Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun as Prime Minister, with this being his second consecutive term and his fourth overall.

The government only has three women members out of seventeen ministers and twenty-two cabinet members. Mariam Salek Hmada became the first woman to serve as Minister of the Interior in the SADR and second in the Arab world after Raya El Hassan, who was Minister of Interior and Municipalities in Lebanon between 2019 and 2020.

On 18 February 2023, the newly-appointed ministers took their constitutional oath on the first session of the Council of Ministers.

Background

The government was formed after Brahim Ghali won a third term in the 2023 Sahrawi presidential election held during the 16th Congress of the POLISARIO Front, an election in which he faced a competitive candidate, Bachir Mustafa Sayed.

The government is legally complied to apply the National Action Program approved by the 16th Congress, which included "intensifying the armed struggle" and "strengthening the diplomatic way" as one of its points.

The government is the first one to start its mandate in a war situation since 1991, after the ceasefire was broken in 2020, leading to the Second Western Sahara War.

Cabinet changes

• Naama Said Yumani, Minister Advisor to the Presidency, died on 17 August 2023.
• Brahim Al-Bachir Bel-la replaced Mariam Salek Ahmada as Minister of the Interior on 14 April 2024.

Council of Ministers

Presidency of the Republic

Governors

Notes

1. ^ Does not include the Prime Minister.
2. Delegate Minister of the Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs
3. Delegate Minister of the Prime Minister
4. Delegate Minister of the Minister of Education, Teaching and Vocational Training

References

1. "Una mujer saharaui asume por primera vez la cartera de Interior" [A Sahrawi woman assumes the Interior portfolio for the first time]. Prensa Latina (in Spanish). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
2. "أعضاء الحكومة الجديدة يؤدون اليمين الدستورية أمام رئيس الجمهورية" [Members of the new government take the constitutional oath before the President of the Republic]. Sahrawi Press Service (in Arabic). 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
3. "El Frente Polisario aprueba intensificar la "lucha armada" contra Marruecos en su congreso trienal" [The Polisario Front approves intensifying the "armed struggle" against Morocco at its triennial congress]. RTVE (in Spanish). 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
4. "الوزير المستشار برئاسة الجمهورية النعمة سعيد الجماني في ذمة الله" [Minister Advisor at the Presidency of the Republic, Naama Said Yumani, is under God's care ]. Sahrawi Press Service (in Arabic). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
5. "رئاسة الجمهورية تعزي في رحيل الوزير المستشار بالرئاسة النعمة سعيد الجماني وتشيد بخصاله" [The Presidency of the Republic offers condolences on the passing of the Minister Advisor to the Presidency, Naama Said Yumani, and praises his qualities]. Sahrawi Press Service (in Arabic). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
6. "El Presidente de la República emite dos decretos con nuevas asignaciones". Sahara Press Service (in Spanish). 15 April 2024. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
7. ^ "President Brahim Ghali issues a presidential decree includes the new government". Sahrawi Press Service. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
8. "President Brahim Ghali makes appointments at the level of the Presidency of the Republic". Sahrawi Press Service. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

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• 2023 establishments in Western Sahara