Col Mamady Doumbouya has been sworn is as Guinea’s interim president after main a coup which noticed the overthrow of Alpha Condé.
The previous French legionnaire, 41, turns into Africa’s second-youngest chief, after Mali’s Assimi Goïta, 38, who additionally staged a army takeover.
Col Doumbouya is barred from contesting future elections beneath plans to revive civilian rule introduced this week.
The 5 September coup has been extensively condemned.
Each West Africa physique Ecowas and the African Union have suspended Guinea.
Ecowas additionally imposed sanctions in opposition to the coup leaders and demanded a return to constitutional order inside six months.
Talking on the Mohammed V palace in Conakry, the brand new president stated his mission was to “refound the state” by writing a brand new structure, tackling corruption, altering the electoral system and putting in “free, credible and clear” elections, in accordance with the AFP information company.
He additionally promised to “respect all of the nationwide and worldwide commitments to which the nation has subscribed”.
Guinea’s army junta has not specified how lengthy it could take to organise elections.
However it says anybody collaborating within the interim authorities, which can have a civilian prime minister, shall be barred from standing.
The army coup leaders detained Mr Condé, 83, after their takeover, with Col Doumbouya assuring French media he was with them in a “secure place.”
His precise whereabouts stay unclear.
Earlier than his rise to energy the colonel maintained a low profile, however what makes him stand out is his worldwide army expertise, in accordance with West Africa Political Analyst Paul Melly.
The colonel educated in France and served within the French army.
Throughout his 15-year army profession, Col Doumbouya served in missions in Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Central African Republic and shut safety in Israel, Cyprus, the UK and Guinea.
Guinea’s new chief is pals together with his fellow coup mastermind in Mali – President Goïta, in accordance with information web site Africa Guinea.
The identical website stories that in 2018, the 2 army males crossed paths in Burkina Faso throughout a coaching session organised by the US military, which was reserved for the area’s particular forces commanders.
