Mozambique new government composition

MAPUTO, Mozambique 

President Filipe Nyusi this Thursday announced the new government composition after the dismissals made public yesterday and this morning.

• Former Minister of Economy and Finance Adriano Afonso Maleiane was appointed Prime Minister. He replaces Carlos Agostinho do Rosário.

• Former Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Ernesto Max Elias Tonela was appointed  Minister of Economy and Finance. He replaces Adriano Maleiane.

• Former Minister of Trade and Commerce  Carlos Alberto Fortes Mesquita has been appointed to the post of Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources. He replaces Joao Osvaldo Machatine.

• Former Deputy Minister of Health Lídia da Graça Cardoso was appointed Minister  of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries. She replaces Augusta Maíta.

• Former Chairman of the INP – National Petroleum Institute Carlos Joaquim Zacarias was appointed Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. He replaces Max Tonela.

•  Silvino Augusto José Moreno was appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce. He replaces Carlos Mesquita.

• Amílcar Paia Tivane has been appointed  Deputy Minister of Economy.

• No new Deputy Minister of Health – to replace the vacancy left by the now Minister of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries Lidia Cardoso – had been appointed yet, at the time of writing.