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Guinea-Bissau government changes several officials in Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau’s transitional government appointed Juviano Leopoldo Correia Landim as head of Bissau’s municipal council and replaced two directors-general. The Council of Ministers also approved the National Energy Compact, aligned with the 2025–2035 energy policy, according to O Democrata.

Guinea-Bissau’s transitional government has appointed Juviano Leopoldo Correia Landim as president of the Câmara Municipal de Bissau, the capital’s executive body. He succeeds Umaro Baldé. The same Council of Ministers, led by Ilídio Vieira Té, dismissed Malam Sissé as director-general of Contributions and Taxes and appointed Edalberto Gomes Cuino to replace him, O Democrata reports.

The executive also appointed Lassana Nancó as director-general of the Centre for Business Formalisation, the body responsible for the administrative registration of companies. These decisions were taken at the Council of Ministers meeting held on Tuesday 6 October, according to O Democrata.

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