Tomé Soares da Vera Cruz (born 23 July 1956) was the 14th

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from April 2006 to February 2008. He is also Secretary-General of the Force for Change Democratic Movement-Liberal Party (MDFM-PL). In addition to becoming Prime Minister, he became Minister of Information and Regional Integration.

Biography

He attended the National Lyceum in São Tomé and finished in 1975, when the nation became independent. In 1983, he attended at the

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in Romania and was trained as an electrical engineer. Vera Cruz served as director general of the Water and Electricity Company (Empresa de Água e Electricidade), he later served as Minister of Natural Resources in an MLSTP-led government from 9 August 2003 to 5 March 2004. His party, in a coalition with the Democratic Convergence Party (PCD), won the largest number of seats (23) in

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held on 26 March 2006. Vera Cruz then became Prime Minister on 21 April 2006. He visited

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for three days beginning on October 24, 2007 to discuss bilateral cooperation and the strengthening of historic and cultural ties. Vera Cruz announced his resignation on February 7, 2008 and was succeeded by Patrice Trovoada on February 14."Investiture du nouveau gouvernement santoméen"
, Panapress (afriquenligne.fr), February 15, 2008 . Between March 2008 and September 2010, he was deputy of the Parliamentary Bench of his party, he was effective member of the 2nd Specialized Parliamentary Committee. He was a candidate for a president in the

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, he later declined that option.

References

1955 births Living people Force for Change Democratic Movement – Liberal Party politicians Government ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe People from São Tomé 21st-century São Tomé and Príncipe politicians {{SãoToméPríncipe-politician-stub