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
Personal details
Born	1960 (age 55–56) São Tomé and Príncipe
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	Donetsk National University

Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira (born 1960) is a former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe who served from 8 Jun 2005 to 21 Apr 2006.^[1]

Background

She was educated as an economist at the University of Ukraine and was governor of São Tomé and Príncipe's Central Bank from 1999 to 2005.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Succession

Her term as Prime Minister ended after the 2006 parliamentary elections, when the opposition defeated the MLSTP-PSD,^[2] and she was succeeded as Prime Minister by Tomé Vera Cruz in 2006.

See also

• Politics of São Tomé and Príncipe

References

1. "At-a-glance: Women Prime Ministers". SBS News. 23 Aug 2013. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
2. Jane S. Jensen (2008). Women Political Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9780230616851.
3. Skard, Torild (2014) "Maria do Carmo Silveira" in Women of power female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press, ISBN 978-1-44731-578-0, pp. 300-01