Cristina Fontes Lima

Maria Cristina Lopes Almeida Fontes Lima (born 1958) is a Cape Verdean lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice from 2001 to 2006, Minister of Defence from 2006 to 2011 and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health from 2011 to 2016.

Early life and education

Fontes Lima was born in 1958. In 1981 she earned a Law Degree from the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Clássica de Lisboa. In 1996, she attained a Master of Public Administration from Southern Illinois University.[1]

Career

Fontes Lima is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde. She was appointed to cabinet by Prime Minister José Maria Neves on 13 January 2001, as Minister of Justice. She served in this role until 8 March 2006, when she was appointed Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Reform of the State and Minister of Defence.[2][3]

In 2011, Fontes Lima was appointed Minister of Health and Deputy Prime Minister.[4] As Health Minister, she oversaw the nation's responses to the Ebola epidemic in neighbouring countries[5] and the Zika epidemic that affected more than 7000 people in Cape Verde.[6][7][8][9] In February 2014, she led the signing of a national health compact.[10]

In December 2014, when Neves decided not to run for a fourth term, Fontes Lima was a candidate for the party's leadership. She came third with 8.5% of the vote to Janira Hopffer Almada (51.2%) and parliamentary leader Felisberto Alves Vieira (40.3%).[11] She left the executive after party's defeat at the 2016 election.[6]

In September 2016, Fontes Lima was a candidate for the city council of Praia,[12] but was defeated by Movement for Democracy candidate Oscar Santos who had replaced Ulisses Correia e Silva when he left to run for the country's leadership.[13][14]

References
  1. "Alumni News". Southern Illinois University Department of Political Science.
  2. "DISCURSO PROFERIDO PELA MINISTRA DA DEFESA NACIONAL, DR.ª CRISTINA FONTES LIMA NA CERIMÓNIA DE ABERTURA DA XI REUNIÃO DOS CHEFES DE ESTADO-MAIOR GENERAL DAS FORÇAS ARMADAS DOS PAÍSES DE LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA" (in Portuguese). Cape Verde Ministry of Defence. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. "Cristina Fontes Lima visita Espanha" (in Portuguese). Government of Cape Verde. 12 March 2007. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. Mehler, Andreas; Melber, Henning; van Walravan, Klaas (2012). Africa Yearbook Volume 8: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2011. Brill. p. 74. ISBN 9789004241787.
  5. "Ministra Cristina Fontes Lima em Bruxelas para participar na Conferencia sobre Ebola". Embassy of Cape Verde.
  6. Fortes, Lourdes (1 April 2016). "Cristina Fontes Lima deixa o ministério da saúde de "consciência tranquila"". Expresso Das Ilhas (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. Dias de Pina, Alírio (31 July 2013). "Cristina Fontes Lima: "A saúde está cada vez mais cara"". ASemana. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  8. Ludgero Andrade, Alvaro (4 February 2016). "Zika em Cabo Verde: Autoridades "atacam" mosquito". VOA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  9. Herriman, Robert (4 November 2015). "Zika virus confirmed on Cape Verde". Outbreak News Today. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  10. ""National dialogue": developing a country compact in Cape Verde". International Health Partnership. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  11. Elischer, Sebastian; Hofmeier, Rolf; Mehler, Andreas; Melber, Henning (2015). Africa Yearbook Volume 11: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2014. Brill. p. 58. ISBN 9789004305052.
  12. "Autárquicas Praia: Cristina Fontes Lima "confiante" na vitória". A Naça (in Portuguese). 4 September 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  13. "Praia – Cristina Fontes Lima Santos congratulates Óscar for victory". Ocean Press. 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  14. "Campanha das autárquicas arrancou em Cabo Verde". Rede Angola (in Portuguese). 18 August 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
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