Maria do Carmo Silveira

Maria do Carmo Silveira
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
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Born	1960 (age 50–51)
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira (born 1960?) is a former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Background

She was governor of São Tomé and Príncipe's Central Bank from 1999 to 2005.

Prime minister

She served as Prime Minister and Finance Minister of 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).

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.

See also

• Politics of São Tomé and Príncipe

References

Political offices
Preceded by Damião Vaz d'Almeida	Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe 2005–2006	Succeeded by Tomé Vera Cruz

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Name	Silveira, Maria Do Carmo
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Date of birth	1960
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