Maria do Carmo Silveira

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

Contents 1 Background 2 Prime Minister 3 Succession 4 See also

[edit] Background

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

[edit] 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).

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

• Politics of São Tomé and Príncipe

Preceded by Damião Vaz d'Almeida

Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe 2005–2006

Succeeded by Tomé Vera Cruz

v • d • e Prime Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe Leonel Mário d'Alva • Miguel Trovoada • office abolished, 1979-88 • Celestino Rocha da Costa • Daniel Daio • Norberto Costa Alegre • Evaristo Carvalho • Carlos Graça • Armindo Vaz d'Almeida • Raul Bragança Neto • Guilherme Posser da Costa • Evaristo Carvalho • Gabriel Costa • Maria das Neves • Damião Vaz d'Almeida • Maria do Carmo Silveira • Tomé Vera Cruz • Patrice Trovoada