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Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz is a São Toméan politician and jurist who served as the prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 9 to 12 January 2025. Previously the Minister of Justice, she resigned from the post of prime minister after only three days in the position.

Biography

From São Tomé and Príncipe, Amado Vaz attended the Universidade de Ciências Sociais (University of Social Sciences) in Toulouse, France, where she graduated with a law degree. She became a lawyer, jurist, and legal consultant, and served as the Director of Customs back in São Tomé from 1999 to 2016. She also spent time working as a professor and taught at the Universidade Lusíada in São Tomé.

Amado Vaz was also involved in politics, being a member of the party Independent Democratic Action (ADI). In 2014, she was appointed Minister of Justice in the government of Patrice Trovoada. She held the position until 2018, but later regained the position, under the title of Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Human Rights, which she was serving in by 2024.

On 6 January 2025, President Carlos Vila Nova dissolved the government of prime minister Trovoada, for a "remarkable inability to resolve the country's many challenges," and ordered the ADI party to present candidates for prime minister within 72 hours. On 9 January, the president selected Amado Vaz to be the next prime minister, after rejecting a prior candidate. However, just three days later, on 12 January, she announced her resignation from the office. She resigned due to her proposed cabinet being released prematurely released to the public, stating that her remaining in the position "would not contribute to the success of public policies and the harmonious and peaceful development of São Tomé and Príncipe."

References

1. ^ Rodrigues, Nilza; Pinto Monteiro, Kadidja (9 January 2025). "Última Hora: Presidente de STP nomeia Ilza Vaz para chefe do governo" [Breaking News: President of STP appoints Ilza Vaz as head of government]. Forbes África Lusófona (in Portuguese).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ^ "Ilza Amado Vaz". LinkedIn.
3. ^ "Ilza Amado Vaz nomeada primeira-ministra de São Tomé e Príncipe" [Ilza Amado Vaz appointed Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 9 January 2025.
4. Afonso, Josimar (30 June 2022). "Universidade Lusíada de STP promove curso "Política no Feminino" Para mulheres dos partidos" [Lusíada University of STP promotes "Politics in the Feminine" course for women from political parties] (in Portuguese). Rádio Somos Todos Primos.
5. "Sao Tomé-et-Principe : Ilza Amado Vaz est la nouvelle Première ministre" [Sao Tome and Principe: Ilza Amado Vaz is the new Prime Minister] (in Portuguese). Agence Ecofin. 11 January 2025.
6. "Ilza Amado Vaz appointed as new PM of Sao Tome and Principe". Xinhua News Agency. 10 January 2025.
7. ^ "Sao Tome and Principe's new PM resigns". Xinhua News Agency. 13 January 2025.

v t e Prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe
Leonel Mário d'Alva Miguel Trovoada office abolished, 1979–88 Celestino Rocha da Costa Daniel Daio Norberto Costa Alegre Evaristo Carvalho Carlos Graça Armindo Vaz d'Almeida Raul Bragança Neto Guilherme Posser da Costa Evaristo Carvalho Gabriel Costa Maria das Neves Damião Vaz d'Almeida Maria do Carmo Silveira Tomé Vera Cruz Patrice Trovoada Joaquim Rafael Branco Patrice Trovoada Gabriel Costa Patrice Trovoada Jorge Bom Jesus Patrice Trovoada Ilza Amado Vaz Américo Ramos

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