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

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and in 2006. At a party congress in August 1993, he replaced

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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 and was succeeded by

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. In 2004, he awarded the

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

. 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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