Maria Benvinda Levy

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Maria Benvinda Delfina Levy , mostly just Maria Benvinda Levy , is a Mozambican politician ( FRELIMO ) and a judge at the Mozambique Supreme Court .

Professional background

Maria Benvinda Levy began her civil service at the city court of the Mozambican capital Maputo ( Tribunal Judicial da Cidade de Maputo ), where she worked as a judge until 2006. In 2006, she switched to the state training center for judges and prosecutors in Mozambique ( Centro de Formação Jurídica e Judiciária ) , which was founded in 2000 . She was the head of the training center.

As part of a cabinet reshuffle in March 2008, President Armando Guebuza appointed Benvinda Levy as the country's new Justice Minister. It followed Esperança Machavela . She headed the Justice Department until the end of the second Guebuza cabinet in March 2015. As part of her office, one of her goals was to improve the situation of prison inmates in Mozambique, which the Mozambican Human Rights League and Amnesty International described as "dramatic" . It achieved a significant improvement in the situation, which was also recognized by civil society. According to Levy's own statement, priority for Levy during her term of office was “illegal immigration” to Mozambique and the “trickery” of Mozambican citizenship by foreigners.

In 2012, three years before the end of her term of office, President Armando Guebuza appointed her as the new judge at the Mozambique Supreme Court . However, she only took office after the end of the legislative period. It was introduced in spring 2015. The new President Filipe Nyusi also appointed them to the State Council , a purely advisory body of the President.

In the context of the political and military crisis between the ruling party FRELIMO and the opposition party RENAMO , she was appointed in spring 2016 as a member of the new joint commission to negotiate a new peace treaty between the conflicting parties.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Benvinda Levy inicia funções no CFJJ. In: Macua.blogs.com. July 5, 2006, accessed October 9, 2016 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Danúbio Mondlane: Superlotação the cadeias preocupa Liga dos Direitos Humanos. In: A Verdade. August 20, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2016 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Ministério da Justiça e LDH criam instituição de supervisão da reforma legal. In: A Verdade. October 7, 2010, accessed October 9, 2016 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ BENVINDA LEVY CRITICA AMNISTIA INTERNACIONAL. (No longer available online.) In: Radio Mocambique. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016 ; Retrieved October 9, 2016 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rm.co.mz
  5. ↑ Ministra da Justiça de Moçambique em Luanda para reunião da SADC. Angop - Agência Angola Press, June 13, 2012, accessed October 9, 2016 (Portuguese).
  6. ↑ Joseph Henlon: MOZAMBIQUE News reports & clippings. (PDF) November 7, 2012, accessed on October 9, 2016 (English): “Also appointed as Supreme Court judges are Justice Minister Benvinda Levy (who will only join in 2015 after a new government takes office) and Attorney-General Augusto Paulino (who was just reappointed in that post until 2017). "
  7. ↑ Idnorcio Muchanga: Benvinda Levy nomeada Conselheira do PR. In: www.jornaldomingo.co.mz. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  8. ^ Diálogo com a Renamo: Benvinda Levy e Jacinto Veloso entre pessoas indicadas. In: ambicanos.blogspot.de. March 4, 2016, Retrieved October 9, 2016 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Levy, Maria Benvinda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Levy, Maria Benvinda Delfina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mozambican politician (FRELIMO) and judge at the Mozambique Supreme Court
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century