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Ministry Of Justice (Mozambique)
The Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs of Mozambique has responsibilities such as administering the civil court system and overseeing the prison system. At one time, the ministry published jurisprudence from the main courts, but has since discontinued this practice. List of ministers (Post-1975 upon achieving independence) * Rui Baltazar dos Santos Alves (1975–1978) * Teodato Hunguana (1978–1983) * Jose Oscar Monteiro (1983–1984) * Ossumane Ali Dauto (1984–1995) * Jose Ibraimo Abudo (1995–2005) * Esperanza Machavela (2007–2008) ''1st female* Maria Benvinda Levy (2008–2015) * Abdurremane Lino de Almeida (2015–2016) * Isaque Chande (2016–2018) * Joaquim Veríssimo (2018–2020) * Helena Kida (2020–present) See also * Justice ministry * Politics of Mozambique Politics in Mozambique takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Mozambique is head of state and head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rui Baltazar
Rui Baltazar dos Santos Alves (born 1933) is a Mozambican lawyer, politician, and university professor who was an active supporter of FRELIMO during the Mozambican War of Independence. Biography Baltazar was born in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) to a Portuguese Mozambican family. During colonial rule, he used his position as an attorney to defend political prisoners of the Portuguese authorities, and upon independence was appointed the first Minister of Justice People's Republic of Mozambique. In 1975, he also helped draft the Constitution of the newly independent nation. In 1978, he was appointed Minister of Finance, a position he held until 1986. In April 1986, he became rector of Eduardo Mondlane University, where he taught human rights law. He was also a member of the Mozambique Parliament from 1975 to 1992 and was Mozambique's representative to the EEC-ACP assembly. He signed the Lomé Convention on behalf of Mozambique in 1986. In 1994, Baltazar was nominated as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodato Hunguana
Teodato Mondim da Silva Hunguana (born 1946) is a Mozambique, Mozambican lawyer and politician who was the chairman of the boards of ''Telecomunicações de Moçambique'' (Mozambique Telecom) and M-Cel. Life and career He was born in 1946, the son of Augusto da Silva Hunguana and Amélia Abudo Hunguana. He graduated with a Law Degree from the University of Lisbon (''Universidade Clássica de Lisboa'') in 1972, becoming one of the very few black Mozambican lawyers. He became National Director of Labour in 1975 following Mozambique's independence from Portuguese rule on 25 June 1975. He was then appointed Justice Minister, Minister of Justice in 1978 by President Samora Machel and held that post until being appointed as Deputy Minister of the Interior in 1983. In that role, he helped resettle unemployed urban residents to rural areas. In 1986, President Machel appointed him Minister of Information. Hunguana's appointment occurred a couple of months before Machel and thirty three othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
