US embassy cable - 05MAPUTO161

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MAPUTO 000161 
 
SIPDIS 
AF/S - TREGER 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, PREL, MZ, Elections 04, Guebuza 
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: PRESIDENT GUEBUZA NAMES NEARLY ALL OF 
HIS CABINET 
 
REF: MAPUTO 158 
 
1. During the evening of February 3, one day after 
President Guebuza's inauguration (reftel), his office 
issued a press release giving the names of incoming 
ministers for nearly all of his cabinet (the individuals 
for three cabinet positions were not announced: Veterans 
Affairs, Justice, and Science and Technology). Some 
portfolios have been revised. The cabinet posts and the 
names of the incoming ministers are given below. In 
several instances the new minister served in the Chissano 
administration; these persons are further identified in 
this respect. New or revised portfolios are also 
indicated. In septel Post will provide brief bios of 
members of the Guebuza government. 
-- Prime Minister: Luisa Dias DIOGO. Formerly PM under 
Chissano. 
-- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation: Alcinda 
ABREU. 
-- Minister of National Defense: Tobias DAI. Formerly 
Defense Minister under Chissano. 
-- Minister of Interior: Jose PACHECO. 
-- Minister of Health: Paulo Ivo GARRIDO. 
-- Minister of Finance: Manuel CHANG. Formerly Vice 
Minister of Planning and Finance under Chissano. 
-- Minister of Development and Planning: Aiuba CUERENEIA. 
Formerly Vice Minister for State Administration under 
Chissano. 
-- Minister of Transport and Communication: Antonio 
Francisco MUNGUAMBE. 
-- Minister of Agriculture: Tomas MANDLATE. 
-- Minister of Labor: Helena TAIPO. 
-- Minister of Education and Culture: Aires Bonifacio ALI. 
-- Minister of Industry and Commerce: Antonio FERNANDO. 
Formerly Vice Minister for Transport and Communication 
under Chissano. 
-- Minister of Tourism: Fernando SUMBANA JR. Formerly 
Minister of Tourism under Chissano. 
-- Minister of Youth and Sports: David SIMANGO. 
-- Minister of Women and Social Action: Virgilia MATABELE. 
Formerly Minister for Coordination of Women and Social 
Action under Chissano. 
-- Minister in the Presidency for Parliamentary Affairs: 
Isabel Manuel NKAVADEKA. 
-- Minister in the Presidency for Diplomatic Affairs: 
Francisco Caetano MADEIRA. Formerly Minister in the 
Presidency for Diplomatic and Parliamentary Affairs under 
Chissano. 
-- Minister of Public Works and Housing: Felicio ZACARIAS. 
-- Minister of Coordination of Environmental Action: 
Luciano Andre DE CASTRO. Formerly Vice Minister of Women 
and Social Action under Chissano. 
-- Minister of State Administration: Lucas CHOMERA. 
-- Minister of Fisheries: Cadmiel MUTHEMBA. Formerly 
Minister of Fisheries under Chissano. 
-- Minister of Energy: Salvador NAMBURETE. Formerly Vice 
Minister of Industry and Trade under Chissano. 
-- Minister of Mineral Resources: Esperanca BIAS. 
Formerly Vice Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy 
under Chissano. 
 
2. The following ministries were abolished: 
-- Ministry of Planning and Finance; 
-- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; 
-- Ministry of Culture; 
-- Ministry of Women and Coordination of Social Action; 
-- Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy; 
-- Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. 
 
3. The following ministries are new: 
-- Ministry of Finance; 
-- Ministry of Planning and Development; 
-- Ministry of Agriculture; 
-- Ministry of Education and Culture; 
-- Ministry of Women and Social Action; 
-- Ministry of Mineral Resources; 
-- Ministry of Energy; 
-- Ministry of Science and Technology. 
 
4. The following presidential ministries were abolished: 
-- Ministry in the Presidency for Defense and Security 
Affairs; 
-- Ministry in the Presidency for Economic and Social 
Affairs; 
-- Ministry in the Presidency for Diplomatic and 
Parliamentary Affairs. 
 
5. The following presidential ministries are new: 
-- Ministry in the Presidency for Diplomatic Affairs; 
-- Ministry in the Presidency for Parliamentary Affairs. 
DUDLEY