Aristides Raimundo Lima (born August 31, 1955) is a former Cape Verdean politician and was the 4th president of the National Assembly from 2001 to 2011. in pdf

Biography

Aristides Lima was born in the island of Boa Vista. He later studied at the São José Seminary near Ponta Temerosa in Praia and at Liceu Gil Eanes in São Vicente island in 1974. In 1976, he completed a course at the School of Journalism in Friedrichshagen, Berlin and worked as a journalist at ''Voz di Povo'' from 1976 to 1978. In 1983, he went to the

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. From 1999 to 2000, he attended the

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and later at

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where he graduated in law. He later attended at the Amílcar Cabral Institute and the National Historic Archives. In 1985, he became member of the PAICV, he took part in elections in

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

and in

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

. At a party congress in August 1993, he replaced

Pedro Pires Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires (; born 29 April 1934) is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as president from 2001 to 2011. Life and career Pires was born in São Filipe, Fogo, Cap ...

and Lima became General Secretary of PAICV. From 2001 to 2011, he was president of the National Assembly of Cape Verde. He succeeded

António do Espírito Santo Fonseca António do Espírito Santo Fonseca (born April 26, 1951) is a former Cape Verdean politician and was the 3rd president of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2001. in pdf He succeeded Amílcar Spencer Lopes and was succeeded by Aristides Raimun ...

and was succeeded by Basílio Mosso Ramos. In 2004, he awarded the

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. He ran for elections in 2011 as a PAICV member, he was third and received 44,648 votes or 27.71% in the first round.

Works

*"A Importância da Não Reciprocidade e do Tratamento Preferencial dos Países em Vias de Desenvolvimento nas Relações Internacionais e especialmente no Direito Internacional Público, na Perspectiva dos Países em Vias de Desenvolvimento", University of Leipzig,1983 *''Reforma política em Cabo Verde'' 'Political Reform in Cape Verde'' Praia, 1991 *"Grundzüge des Politischen Reformprozesses in Kapverden", 1992 *''Estatuto jurídico-constitucional do Chefe de Estado'' 'Judicial-Constitutional Statute of the Head of State'' University of Heidelberg, 2000 (2004) *''Constituição, democracia e direitos humanos: discursos de representação e outros textos'' 'Constitution, Democracy and Human Rights: Speeches of Representation in Other Texts''(February 2004) *''O recurso constitucional alemão e o recurso de ampara Cabo-Verdiano uma análise comparativa'' (September 2004) *''No Parlamento ao serviço da nação e dos boavistenses'' 'Boa Vistans in Parliament for the Service of the Nation'' Alfa-Comunicações, Praia, 2005

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Biography at the National Assembly website
(pdf) 1955 births Living people Cape Verdean diplomats Presidents of the National Assembly (Cape Verde) Members of the National Assembly (Cape Verde) People from Boa Vista, Cape Verde Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde politicians {{CapeVerde-politician-stub

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