Domingos Simões Pereira (born 20 October 1963) is a
Bissau-Guinean
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Population
According to the 2 ...
politician who was Prime Minister of
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...
from 2014 to August 2015. He previously served as Executive Secretary of the
Community of Portuguese Language Countries
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (; : CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth or Lusophone Community (), is an international organization and political association of Lusophone nations across four continents, where Portug ...
, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, from 2008 to 2012.
Early life
Born in
Farim
Farim is a town of northern Guinea-Bissau. It sits on the north bank of the Farim/Cacheu River, about 215 km (135 miles) up the river from Cacheu. Population 8,661 (2009 census).International and State Defense Police (PIDE), accused of collaboration with nationalist groups.
Still a child, he went, with the rest of his family, to Bissau and, soon after, in 1969, to
Cacheu
Cacheu is a town in northwestern Guinea-Bissau lying on the Cacheu River, capital of the eponymous region. Its population was estimated to be 9,849 .
Etymology
The town of Cacheu is situated in territory of the Papel people. The name is of Bai ...
, where he attended primary school.
Academic and professional career
In 1974, he joined the first groups of students who, at
National Lyceum Kwame N'Krumah
The National Lyceum Kwame N'Krumah ( Portuguese: ''Liceu Nacional Kwame N'Krumah'', LNKN) is a Bissau-Guinean educational institution, based in Bissau, the country's capital.
It is the oldest public secondary education institution and one of the ...
, under the teaching of names like Atchutchi Ferreira and Helder Proença, studied without the tutelage of the colonial regime. It was at the high school that, in 1979, he became a staff of the African Youth Amílcar Cabral (JAAC), youth wing of the
PAIGC
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from Portugal, the party turned to armed conflict in the 1960s and was o ...
.
With the completion of high school education, he is selected as a militant teacher, which he takes on for the evening course, while, during the day, he teaches mathematics at the then Professional Technical Training Center and at the School of Health Technicians (Nursing).
In 1982, he received a training scholarship to the
Soviet Union
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, where he graduated in civil and industrial engineering from the
Odessa National Polytechnic University
The Odessa National Polytechnic University () is a Ukrainian state-sponsored university of higher education and research in Odesa, Ukraine.
History
The university was established on September 18, 1918. Over the years, the ONPU launched thousan ...
(1988). In Odessa, she is a member of the Guinea-Bissau student association.
In 1988, after 2 months in Bissau as an engineer at the Ministry of Public Works, he left for Cacheu to work at Cooperativa Unidade e Progresso (CUP), one of the largest construction companies at the time. He managed to climb the ranks in the company, becoming deputy general director of CUP in 1990.
In 1990 he entered the first cycle of formation of the PAIGC aiming at the democratic opening, and in this period his proximity to the top management of the party is worth the opportunity to continue his studies.
In 1990 he won a master's scholarship abroad and, until 1994, he remained in the
United States
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, at the
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California, United States. It is part of the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers 60 ba ...
, where he completed the Master's program in Technical Sciences of Civil Engineering in the specialty of structures. Between 2013 and 2016 he received a doctorate in political science and international relations from the
Catholic University of Portugal
The Catholic University of Portugal ( Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run unive ...
.
Politics
Domingos Pereira returns to Guinea-Bissau in July 1994, and follows the last days of the electoral campaign for the country's first multi-party elections. Minister Alberto Lima Gomes invites him to reinstate the staff of the Ministry of Public Works, where he has accumulated functions as National Director of Road and Land Transportation and Roads and Bridges. With the rise of
Francisco Fadul
Francisco José Fadul (born 15 December 1953) is a Guinea-Bissau, Bissau-Guinean politician who was Heads of Government of Guinea-Bissau, prime minister from 3 December 1998 to 19 February 2000. He led the United Social Democratic Party (PUSD), ...
to the post of prime minister, he moves away from the government.
In 1998, he was part of the Support Cell for the National Authorizing Officer of the
European Development Fund
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and, being in charge of the infrastructure dossier, and; a year later he joined the
World Bank
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staff for the Guinean Private Sector Rehabilitation and Development Project, where he stayed until 2004.
With the victory of PAIGC, he is called to the government and assumes the functions of Minister of Public Works between 2004 and 2005. He accepts the challenge of organizing the 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP. After completing this mission, he then accepted the invitation of the bishops of the Catholic Church of Guinea-Bissau to address Caritas of Guinea-Bissau as secretary-general.
From December 2006 to 2014 he was an advisor to the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau for infrastructures under the responsibility of the World Bank, dealing with transport and communications, namely the renegotiation of telecommunications concession contracts, ports and air agreement with Portugal; it also assists the government in structuring the regulatory agency and in licensing the first cell phone license in the country.
At the 7th PAIGC Ordinary Congress, held in Gabu, in June 2008, he was elected a member of the permanent commission of the PAIGC Political Bureau, continuing to fulfill the mission conferred months before by the President of the Republic, to serve as CPLP Executive Secretary. During the four-year term, he bet on the organization's affirmation at the international level and with civil society; developed concrete partnership and cooperation actions in the most varied domains; he did not neglect the importance of Portuguese and the culture that unites and diversifies the identity of the peoples of the CPLP.
In February 2014, at the 8th PAIGC Ordinary Congress, in the city of Cacheu, he was elected to the leadership of the party, and; between 3 July 2014 and 20 August 2015, he served as
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
This article lists the prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of prime minister in 1973.
Since Guinea-Bissau's Guinea-Bissau War of Independence#Unilateral independence: September 1973, unilateral declaration o ...