João Lourenço wished the Deputy General Director of the SIE, Teresa Manuel Bento da Silva, who replaced Mário António da Costa Dias, success and good performance in the new functions.
According to João Lourenço, today's world is increasingly troubled, "with conflicts of all kinds".
"This morning we were just surprised by some instability, which, in principle, reigns here in the sister country very close to us, I am referring to the Republic of Gabon, therefore, for all that, the external intelligence services have to keep your eyes wide open to everything that is happening in the world, especially in terms of security, in terms of the stability of countries", he said.
Teresa da Silva was appointed by the President, after hearing the National Security Council.
In the capital of Gabon, Libreville, after the official announcement, last night, of the electoral victory of Ali Bongo Ondimba, a group made up of a dozen soldiers declared on state television to have "put an end to the current regime".
Gabon borders the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon.
The electoral commission said President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power for 14 years, had won a third term in Saturday's elections, with 64.27 percent of the votes cast, defeating main rival Albert Ondo Ossa, who won 30, 77 percent of the votes.
According to the military responsible for the coup d'état, the President is under house arrest and there are several other detainees, including one of the sons of the head of state.
