| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 21 August 2008 |
President | Joao Bernardo VIEIRA |
Prime Minister | Carlos CORREIA |
Minister of Administrative Reform | Carlos COSTA |
Minister of Defense | Marciano Silva BARBEIRO |
Minister of Economy & Regional Integration | Carlos Mussa BALDE |
Minister of Education | Marcelino VAZ |
Minister of Finance | Issuf SANHA |
Minister of Fisheries | Armando Ramos da SILVA |
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, & Diaspora | Maria da Conceicao Nobre CABRAL |
Minister of Health | Camilo Simoes PEREIRA |
Minister of Interior | Cipriano CASSAMA |
Minister of Justice | Carmelita Barbosa Rodrigues PIRES |
Minister of Labor & Public Affairs | Fernando GOMES |
Minister of Natural Resources & Environment | Snares SAMBU |
Minister of Public Works & Housing | Dionisio CABI |
Minister of Rural Development | Sola Nkilin Na BITCHA |
Minister of Social Communication | Fernando MENDONCA |
Minister of Social Solidarity, Family, & Poverty Eradication | Fernando GOMES |
Minister of Tourism | Francisco Conduto de PINA |
Minister of Trade, Industry, & Handicraft | Luis Oliveira SANCA |
Minister of Transportation & Communications | Vicente BLUTE |
Minister for Veteran Affairs | Boata NANBATCHA |
Minister of Youth, Culture, & Sports | Adiato Diallo NANDIGNA |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Alfredo Lopes CABRAL |