Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral is a

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

an politician who was

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

from 2007 to 2009. Cabral was appointed as Foreign Minister on April 18, 2007, as part of the government of Prime Minister

Martinho Ndafa Kabi ''This name uses Portuguese naming customs. the first or maternal family name is Ndafa and the second or paternal family name is Kabi.'' Martinho Ndafa Kabi (born September 17, 1957

. She was chosen for the post by President

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.Alberto Dabo
"Guinea-Bissau's new government named"
Reuters (''IOL''), April 18, 2007. Cabral was married to a former ambassador of Guinea-Bissau to the

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. Currently, she is the President of a

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called Scorpius-Centaurus.

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