Soares Sambú

Soares Sambú is a politician in Guinea-Bissau. He was Minister of External Affairs from May 2004 to November 2005 and has been Minister of Natural Resources since April 2007.

Sambú was the Vice-President of the National People's Assembly when it was dissolved in November 2002.^[1] He was the campaign manager for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) during the March 2004 parliamentary election,^[1][2] in which PAIGC won a plurality of seats; following the election, he became Minister of External Affairs on May 12, 2004, as part of the government of the new Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes Júnior.^[1][3] Carlos Gomes's government was dismissed in November 2005, and Sambu was replaced as Foreign Minister.

In the government of Prime Minister Martinho Ndafa Kabi, named on April 17, 2007, Sambú was appointed as Minister of Natural Resources;^[4] he was retained as Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment in the government of Prime Minister Carlos Correia, appointed on August 9, 2008.^[5] In the November 2008 legislative election, PAIGC won a majority of 67 out of 100 seats in the National People's Assembly, and Sambú was elected to a seat as a PAIGC candidate in the 12th constituency, Bafata e Cosse.^[6]

References

1. "Young technocrats prominent in new elected government", IRIN, May 13, 2004.
2. "Novo Governo: um misto de surpresas", Guine-Bissau.com, May 13, 2004 (Portuguese).
3. "May 2004 - GUINEA-BISSAUI", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 50, May, 2004 Guinea, Page 45988.
4. "Composition du nouveau gouvernement", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), April 17, 2007 (French).
5. "Novo primeiro-ministro bissau-guineense forma Governo", Panapress, August 9, 2008.
6. Litos Sanca, "RESULTADOS DEFINITIVOS E LISTA NOMINAL DOS DEPUTADOS DAS ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 2008", Agência Bissau, November 27, 2008 (Portuguese).