Trovoada III cabinet

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The Trovoada III cabinet is the 16th government of São Tomé and Príncipes , in Portuguese the XVI Governo Constitucional de São Tomé e Príncipe . It is the third government of the African island state São Tomé and Príncipe formed under Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada , after the previous cabinet made up of MLSTP - PCD and MDFM again suffered heavy losses in the 2014 parliamentary elections and were unable to continue their coalition. It is the first government since the introduction of democracy to remain in office for the entire legislative period, apart from a few personnel changes in autumn 2016.

Thanks to the absolute majority of the Acção Democrática Independente, Trovoada formed an ADI one-party government, which was sworn in in November 2014. In this third Trovoada's cabinet, nine of the 13 ministers were already represented in his previous cabinets.

Allocation of seats in the Assembleia Nacional 2014
Ruling coalition Mandates
ADI
33/55

Justice Minister Roberto Raposo resigned in February 2016 after his allegations became public that the rise in crime rates was due to the incompetence and corruption of the judiciary. Five out of twelve judges examined in this context were forcibly transferred to administrative service in May, but this was revised by the Constitutional Court in April 2017, despite government protests.

As a result of the resignation and as a political signal to save costs, Trovoada reduced its cabinet in October 2016 by amalgamating from 13 to 11 ministries. For example, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights was expanded to include public administration .

The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

XIV Governo Constitucional de São Tomé e Príncipe
Political party Office Official
ADI prime minister Patrice Trovoada
ADI Minister of Defense and Internal Order Carlos Stock  until 2016
Arlindo Ramos  from 2016
ADI Minister for Culture and Communication Olinto da Silva Sousa Daio
ADI Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Manuel Salvador dos Ramos  until 2016
Urbino Botelho  from 2016
ADI Minister of Health Maria de Jesus Trovoada dos Santo
ADI Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
from 2016 also for public administration 		Roberto Raposo  until 2016
Ilza dos Santos Amado Vaz  from 2016
ADI Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Alfonso da Graça Varela da Silva
ADI Minister for Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment Carlos Vila Nova
ADI Minister of Finance, Trade and Economy Agostinho Fernandes  until 2016
Américo d'Oliveira Ramos  from 2016
ADI Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Teodorico de Campos
ADI Minister for Youth and Sport Marcelino Leal Sanches
ADI Minister for Labor and Social Affairs Carlos Gomes  until 2016
Emílio Fernandes Lima  from 2016

See also

literature

  • Gerhard Seibert: Africa South of the Sahara 2018 . In: Europa Publications (Ed.): Africa South of the Sahara . Europa Regional Surveys of the World. tape 47 . Routledge , London 2017, ISBN 978-1-85743-875-8 , pp. 986 ff .