Maria Benvinda Levy is a Mozambican politician and former judge.

Career

Benvinda Levy was appointed Minister of Justice by President Armando Guebuza on March 11, 2008, succeeding

Esperança Machavela Esperança Machavela is a Mozambique, Mozambican jurist and politician. Machavela was appointed as Minister of Justice by President of Mozambique, President Armando Guebuza on February 11, 2005, when Guebuza named his new government shortly afte ...

, a

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...

and former ambassador to Portugal. Benvinda Levy's appointment came as part of a

cabinet shuffle A cabinet reshuffle or shuffle occurs when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in their cabinet, or when the Head of State changes the head of government and a number of ministers. They are more common in parlia ...

that also involved the replacement of foreign minister

Alcinda Abreu Alcinda António de Abreu (born 13 October 1953) is a Mozambican politician. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique from 2005 to 2008, having previously been the Minister of Social Welfare. She most recently served as Minister of the E ...

and transport minister António Munguambe. Prior to her appointment, Benvinda Levy directed the Legal and Judicial Training Centre ( pt, Centro de Formação Jurídica e Judiciária) and had served as a judge on the Maputo City Court.

References

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