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Maria do Carmo Silveira
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Maria do Carmo Silveira at the Community of Portuguese Language Countries meeting in 2017, Brasília
7th Executive Secretary of the
Lusophone Commonwealth
In office
9 January 2017 – 1 January 2019
Preceded by Murade Isaac Murargy
Succeeded by Francisco Ribeiro Telles
13th Prime Minister of
São Tomé and Príncipe
In office
8 June 2005 – 21 April 2006
President Fradique de Menezes
Preceded by Damião Vaz d'Almeida
Succeeded by Tomé Vera Cruz
Personal details
Born (1961-02-14) 14 February 1961 (age 63)
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
Political party Social Democratic Party
Alma mater Donetsk National University

Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira (born 14 February 1961) served as the 13th prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 8 June 2005 to 21 April 2006.

Background

She was educated as an economist at the Donetsk National University (Ukraine), Master of Public Administration from the National School of Administration in Strasbourg and was the third governor of São Tomé and Príncipe's Central Bank from 1999 to 2005, she succeeded Carlos Quaresma Batista de Sousa and was succeeded by Arlindo Afonso Carvalho and again from 2011 to 2016 as the sixth governor succeeding Luís Fernando Moreira de Sousa.

Prime minister

She served as Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Finance São Tomé and Príncipe from 8 June 2005 to 21 April 2006.

Silveira, the country's second female prime minister, is a member of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe-Social Democratic Party (MLSTP-PSD) and was a member of the party executive board.

Silveira declared that macroeconomic stability was her priority and made her mark by among others resolving the wage dispute with the unions in the public sector, securing assistance from the IMF and obtaining an agreement with Angola on cooperation in the oil sector.

Succession

Her term as prime minister ended after the 2006 parliamentary elections, when the opposition defeated the MLSTP-PSD, and she was succeeded as prime minister by Tomé Vera Cruz in 2006.

Executive Secretary of the CPLP

In January 2017, Maria do Carmo assumed the position of Executive Secretary of the Lusophone Commonwealth, succeeding the Mozambican Murade Murargy and being succeeded by the Portuguese Francisco Ribeiro Telles in January 2019.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Maria do Carmo Silveira para niños

  • Politics of São Tomé and Príncipe
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