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New foreign minister, Supreme Court head

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    Interim President Malam Bacai Sanha on Wednesday appointed a new foreign minister and chief of the Supreme Court to replace those who had been appointed by ex-president Joao Bernardo Vieira, deposed by a military junta on 7 May.

    The new foreign minister is Jose Baptista, until now the country's representative to the United States and the United Nations. He replaces Hilia Barber. Emiliano dos Reis, former head of the national media council, takes over from Mamadu Djalo Pires as head of the Supreme Court, Lusa reported.

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