MARTINHO NDAFA KABI

'Martinho Ndafa Kabi' (born September 17 1957Profile on PAIGC website (in Portuguese).) has been the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau since 13 April 2007."Martinho Ndafa Kabi takes office as Guinea Bissau PM", Xinhua (''People's Daily Online''), April 14, 2007. He is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), and has served as the third vice-president of the party since early 2002. In the government of Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior he served as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources from May 2004^[1] to April 2005, when he became Minister of Defense,^[2] holding that post until the government of Prime Minister Aristides Gomes took office in November 2005. After Aristides Gomes lost a no-confidence vote and submitted his resignation in March 2007, Kabi was proposed as prime minister by a coalition composed of the PAIGC, the Social Renewal Party (PRS), and the United Social Democratic Party (PUSD). On April 9, it was announced that President João Bernardo Vieira had rejected the choice of Kabi, but the coalition said that they maintained him as their choice;^[3] later on the same day, Vieira appointed Kabi as the new prime minister.^[4] He 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.^[5]

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1. "Novo Governo: um misto de surpresas", Guine-Bissau.com, May 13, 2004 (in Portuguese).
2. "Nino Vieira says he will contest presidential election", IRIN, April 18, 2005.
3. "Bissau president rejects candidate for PM", Reuters (''IOL''), April 10, 2007.
4. "Guinea-Bissau appoints consensus premier", Reuters (''IOL''), April 10, 2007.
5. Alberto Dabo, "Guinea-Bissau's new government named", Reuters (''IOL''), April 18, 2007.