''This name uses
Portuguese naming customs
A Portuguese name is typically composed of one or two personal names, and a number of family names (rarely one, often two or three, sometimes more). The first additional names are usually the mother's family surname(s) and the father's family surn ...
: the first or maternal
family name is Ntchia and the second or paternal family name is Nhassé.''
Alamara Ntchia Nhassé (born 2 June 1957) is a
Bissau-Guinean politician, who was
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
from 9 December 2001 to 17 November 2002. Nhassé is currently the President of the
National Reconciliation Party
The National Reconciliation Party is a political party in The Gambia. It was founded in 1996, and is led by its founder, Hamat Bah.
History
The National Reconciliation Party was founded in 1996 by Hamat Bah as part of his intention to run f ...
; he previously led the
Social Renewal Party (PRS).
Early life
Nhassé is an
agricultural expert, who was trained in
Cuba
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and in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
. After PRS candidate
Kumba Yala was elected President, Nhassé was appointed as Minister of Agriculture, Water, Forestry and Hunting in the government formed on February 19, 2000. Later, in the government formed on January 25, 2001, he became Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. Under Prime Minister
Faustino Imbali
Faustino Fudut Imbali (born 1 May 1956)Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p229 is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 21 March 2001 to 9 Dec ...
, he became Minister for the Interior after
Artur Sanhá ''This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Artur and the second or paternal family name is Sanhá.''
António Artur Sanhá (born 1965) is a Bissau-Guinean politician. He was the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau ...
was dismissed on August 29, 2001. After Imbali was also dismissed, Nhassé replaced him as Prime Minister on December 9, 2001. On January 15, 2002, the party convention of the PRS elected him as president of the party. A government crisis then ended his time in office and forced his government to be dissolved. Nhassé resigned as President of the PRS on November 15, 2002, and two days later,
Mário Pires was appointed to succeed Nhassé as Prime Minister.
In the
2005 presidential election Nhassé supported the candidate
João Bernardo Vieira
João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (; 27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999, except for a three-day period in May 1984, and from 2005 to 2009.
After seizing power ...
. After Vieira's election, Nhassé called for
Carlos Gomes Júnior
Carlos Domingos Gomes Júnior (born December 19, 1949)
(in Portuguese).
left the party.
Nhassé is currently the President of the National Reconciliation Party. It failed to win any seats in the
2008 parliamentary election, and he accepted his party's defeat.
"ANTIGO PRIMEIRO MINISTRO RECONHECE A DERROTA DO SEU PARTIDO"
Agência Bissau, 19 November 2008 .
References
1957 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Guinea-Bissau
Party for Social Renewal politicians
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