11 December 2007
Maputo — Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has sacked his Agriculture Minister, Erasmo Muhate.
A presidential decree issued on Monday night announced that his replacement is Soares Nhaca, who was formerly Deputy Labour Minister.
As usual in such announcements, no reason was given for the change.
Muhate's tenure at the Agriculture Ministry was very short - he only took office on 27 February this year, and so had been in the job for just 10 months.
His period in office was marked by a catastrophic fire in May, that raged through the central block of the Ministry (a five storey building that has three blocks). The fire was blamed on a short circuit, though Maputo conspiracy theorists hinted darkly at arson.
Soares Nhaca has also served as governor of the central province of Manica, and before entering government employment he was general secretary of Mozambique's main trade union federation, the OTM.
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