Chad is forming a new government to lead the Central African country until democratic elections in 2024.
Chad’s transitional government appointed 75-year-old Saleh Kebzabo as the new prime minister on Wednesday.
According to president’s office, Kebzabo, an opposition politician replaces Albert Pahimi Padacke, who resigned on Tuesday to pave the way for a new administration, Reuters reports.
Padacke, a civilian politician was named prime minister of a transitional military government last year after President Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power in the wake of his father's death.
Kebzabo heads the main opposition National Union for Democracy and Renewal. He came second in the last presidential election in 2016 and third in a previous 2011 poll.
Chad is forming a new government to lead the Central African country until democratic elections in 2024.
The country is currently governed by a military council, headed by Deby, which was originally meant to rule for 18 months.
However, the transitional government this month pushed back elections until around October 2024.
Deby was sworn in on Monday as president for the new phase of the transition, which aims to be more inclusive and quell political and social divisions.