Celmira Sacramento | |
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President of the National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Assumed office 8 November 2022 | |
President | Carlos Vila Nova |
Preceded by | Delfim Neves |
Personal details | |
Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
Political party | Independent Democratic Action (ADI) |
Occupation | Politician |
Celmira de Almeida do Sacramento dos Santos Lourenço (born 1975) is a Santomean politician who has been speaker of the National Assembly since November 2022.
Sacramento has a degree in biology. [1]
Sacramento was elected to the National Assembly as the member for the Mé-Zóchi District in 2010, and subsequently selected in 2014, 2018, and 2022. [1] From 2014 to 2018, she was president of the Network of Women Parliamentarians, and from 2018 to 2022 she led the third commission of the CPLP parliamentary assembly. [1] After the 2022 election, she was one of eight women elected to the 55 member parliament. [2] She was part of a group that lobbied for the approval of a parity law that came into effect on 19 November 2022, with a target of 40% women set for the next election. [3]
Sacramento was elected vice president of the Independent Democratic Action party in October 2020, under president Patrice Trovoada. [4] The party won the 2022 legislative elections, with Trovoada elected Prime Minister. [5]
Sacramento was elected president of the National Assembly on 8 November 2022 with 52 votes in favour and three abstentions. [1] She is the second woman to hold the role after poet Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1980-1991), [5] and the first democratically elected to the role. [1] Upon her election, she said a key challenge of her mandate was the "consensual revision of the Constitution" in order to reform the Assembly. [2]