Portuguese naming customs
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. the first or maternal
family name
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
is Ndafa and the second or paternal family name is Kabi.''
Martinho Ndafa Kabi (born September 17, 1957Profile on PAIGC website (in Portuguese).) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the
Prime Minister
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of
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 ) ...
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ( pt, Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from ...
Nhacra
Nhacra is a town in the Oio Region of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guine ...
in
Oio Region
Oio (historically WoyeBühnen, Stephan (1992). ''Place Names as an Historical Source: An Introduction with Examples from Southern Senegambia and Germany.'' History in Africa, 19, 45-101. doi:10.2307/3171995. (UR(14-06-2021))) is a region in Guine ...
. He joined PAIGC in March 1974 and was a delegate to PAIGC's First Extraordinary Congress (November 1981), Second Extraordinary Congress (January 1991), Fifth Ordinary Congress (December 1991), Sixth Ordinary Congress (May 1998), Third Extraordinary Congress (September 1999), and its Fourth Extraordinary Congress (January–February 2002). He was elected as President of the National Commission of Verification and Control at the Third Extraordinary Congress in 1999 and as the Third Vice-President of PAIGC at the Fourth Extraordinary Congress in 2002. Kabi is considered a PAIGC hardliner.
In the government of Prime Minister
Carlos Gomes Júnior
Carlos Domingos Gomes Júnior (born December 19, 1949) (in Portuguese). is a Nino Vieira
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dismissed Gomes Júnior, the Standing Committee of the PAIGC Political Bureau chose Kabi to succeed him as Prime Minister, but Vieira instead appointed
United Social Democratic Party
The United Social Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Unido Social Democrático, PUSD) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Guinea-Bissau.
History
The party was established on 30 May 1991 and legalised on 6 June 1992.Peter Karibe Mend ...
(PUSD) signed a "stability pact" in March 2007. After Aristides Gomes lost a no-confidence vote and submitted his resignation at the end of the month, Kabi was proposed as Prime Minister by the three-party alliance. On April 9, it was announced that President
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 ...
had rejected the choice of Kabi, but the coalition said that they maintained him as their choice; later on the same day, Vieira appointed Kabi as the new Prime Minister. Kabi said that the main focus of his government would be the organization of a planned 2008 legislative election; he also said that national reconciliation was necessary to achieve this goal and that he would "make dialogue a priority of isterm in office".
Kabi took office on April 13, and his government, composed of 20 ministers (including eight from the PAIGC, eight from the PRS, and two from the PUSD) was named on April 17. Kabi was viewed as being close to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.
As Prime Minister, Kabi was involved in a long dispute with the President of the Tribunal of Accounts,
Francisco Fadul
Francisco José Fadul (born 15 December 1953) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister from 3 December 1998 to 19 February 2000. He led the United Social Democratic Party (PUSD), one of the country's main political parties, from 20 ...
.
PAIGC withdrew its backing for Kabi on February 29, 2008, saying that this was done "to avoid acts of indiscipline threatening cohesion and unity in the party". PAIGC President Carlos Gomes Júnior criticized Kabi for allegedly lacking loyalty to the party and sympathizing with the PRS. At PAIGC's Seventh Ordinary Congress in June–July 2008, Kabi was a candidate for the party leadership; Gomes and Malam Bacai Sanhá were the main candidates, however, and Gomes was re-elected as PAIGC President. Kabi received 95 votes, placing a distant third.
After Kabi dismissed the directors of customs, taxes and the treasury on July 25, 2008 without notifying the party in advance, PAIGC decided to withdraw from the three-party stability pact that was signed in March 2007."GUINEA-BISSAU: Elections fears as unity government splits" IRIN, July 31, 2008.
Vieira dissolved the National People's Assembly and appointed Carlos Correia to replace Kabi as Prime Minister on August 5, 2008."Le président bissau-guinéen nomme un nouveau Premier ministre" , Xinhua, August 5, 2008 . Kabi was out of the country at the time for health reasons.