Central African Republic interim president Catherine Samba-Panza had reshuffled her cabinet, less than two months before the country holds its general elections.
Samba-Panza replaced the ministers for defence, rural development, youth, pubic security and justice.
Her decision to reshuffle the cabinet came after two weeks of consultations in the wake of the inter-religious violence that killed at least 77 people in the capital Bangui in late September.
In the shake-up announced late Thursday, Joseph Bindoumi, head of the Central African League of Human Rights, replaces Marie-Noelle Koraya as defence minister.
Chrysostome Sambia, a general in the gendarmerie, will serve as public security minister, while Dominique Said Paguindji, who previously held that post, becomes minister of justice.
