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Mozambique: President appoints six more ministers

7:50 CAT | 28 Jan 2025

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Presidency]

The President of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, appointed six more ministers this Monday, who will join the rest of the government already in office, led by Prime Minister Maria Benvinda Levi, and 12 other ministers. The President will swear in all six this Tuesday, at 9:00 a.m., in the Office of the President of the Republic, in Maputo.

According to a statement issued yesterday by the Presidency of the Republic, the Head of State appointed by presidential order:

Nyelete Brooke Mondlane to the post of Minister of Combatants,

Samaria dos Anjos Filemon Tovela to the post of Minister of Education and Culture,

Ivete Ângela dos Anjos Ferrão Alane to the post of Minister of Labour, Gender and Social Action,

Ricardo Sengo to the post of Minister in the Presidency for Civil House Affairs,

Fernando Rafael to the post of Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, and

Caifadine Manasse to the post of Minister of Youth and Sports.

In the meantime, the appointment to the post of Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs is still pending

On 17 January, the Mozambican President appointed former judge and Minister of Justice Maria Benvinda Levi to the post of Prime Minister and swore her in the following day, with only the Minister of National Defence, Cristóvão Chume, continuing in the same role in the new government.

With the appointments made so far, the new government now has 18 ministers, in addition to the Prime Minister.

In addition to Cristóvão Chume, Paulo Chachine was appointed Minister of the Interior, Maria dos Santos Lucas Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and Carla Alexandra Louveira Minister of Finance.

The government also includes Inocêncio Impissa as Minister of State Administration and Public Service, Roberto Albino as Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, Salim Valá as Minister of Planning and Development, Estevão Pale as Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, and Basílio Muhate as Minister of Economy.

The first government formed by Daniel Chapo, the fifth President of the Republic of Mozambique, also includes Américo Muchanga as Minister of Communications and Digital Transformation, João Matlombe as Minister of Transport and Logistics, and Ussene Isse as Minister of Health.

According to a statement issued on January 16 by the Presidency, in his first presidential decree, Daniel Chapo, who had been sworn in the day before, ordered the abolition of the Ministries of Economy and Finance, Transport and Communications, Culture and Tourism, Agriculture and Rural Development, Land and Environment, Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Industry and Commerce, Labour and Social Security, Education and Human Development and Technology and Higher Education. Three secretariats of State were also abolished, namely the Secretariat of State of Youth and Employment, the Secretariat of State of Sports and the Secretariat of State of Higher Education.

In the same communiqué, the Mozambican Presidency indicated that the new Head of State had decided to create the Ministries of Finance, Economy, Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, Transport and Logistics, Education and Culture, Labour, Gender and Social Action, Communications and Digital Transformation, Planning and Development and Youth and Sports, to which these six ministries have now been added.

During his inauguration speech on 15 January, Daniel Chapo promised to launch a broad reform of the State to reduce the number of ministries, create new entities, promote the digitalisation of public services and combat corruption.

The elimination of the role of deputy minister and the reformulation of the positions of secretaries of state and permanent secretaries, in addition to reviewing the role of secretaries of state in the provinces were other promises made by the new head of state, who also said he would review the privileges of public leaders and the State’s privatisation programme.

Source: Lusa