Esperança Machavela is a Mozambican

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and politician. Machavela was appointed as Minister of Justice by

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Armando Guebuza on February 11, 2005, when Guebuza named his new government shortly after taking office. Prior to her appointment, she had worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and had served as an ambassador to

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. She was removed from office (along with foreign minister

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and transport minister

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) on March 10, 2008, and was succeeded by

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, a former judge of the

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City Court.

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