| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 3 April 2009 |
President (Acting) | Raimundo PEREIRA |
Prime Minister | Carlos GOMES, Jr. |
Minister of the Council of Ministers of the Presidency | Manuel Saturnino da COSTA, Commander |
Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development | Evarista de SOUSA |
Minister of Civil Service, Labor, & State Modernization | Fernando GOMES |
Minister of Commerce & Industry | Botche CANDE |
Minister of Defense | Artur SILVA |
Minister of Economy, Planning, & Regional Integration | Helena Nosolini EMBALO |
Minister of Energy & Natural Resources | Antonio Oscar BARBOSA |
Minister of Finance | Mario VAZ |
Minister of Fisheries | Carlos Mussa BALDE |
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, & Diaspora | Adiato NANDIGNA |
Minister of Health | Camilo Simoes PEREIRA |
Minister of Infrastructures, Transports, & Communications | Jose Antonio da Cruz ALMEIDA |
Minister of Interior | Lucio SOARES, Commander |
Minister of Justice | Mamadu Djalo PIRES |
Minister of National Education, Culture, & Science | Aristides Ocante da SILVA |
Minister of Social Communication & Parliamentary Affairs | Fernando MENDONCA |
Minister of Territorial Administrative | Baciro DABO, Major |
Minister of Tourism & Industrial Arts | Lurdes VAZ |
Minister for Veteran Affairs | Buota NAMBATCHA, General |
Minister of Women, Family, Social Cohesion, & Poverty Eradication | Fatima FATY |
Minister of Youth & Sports | Baciro DJA |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Alfredo Lopes CABRAL |