as a Member the Council of State from 1989 to 1990, and was Minister of State for Social Affairs in 1990 and 1991. This last made her Deputy Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau for more than a year. She was dismissed by Vieira in 1992. References Further reading Ly, Aliou. "Revisiting the Guinea-Bissau liberation war: PAIGC, UDEMU and the question of women’s emancipation, 1963–74." Portuguese Journal of Social Science 14, no. 3 (2015): 361-377. External links WOMEN IN POWER 1940-1970, Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership, guide2womenleaders.com; retrieved 20 January 2009. Stephanie Urdang. Fighting Two Colonialisms: Women in Guinea-Bissau. Monthly Review Press (1979); 1936 births 2016 deaths People from Bissau African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde politicians Presidents of Guinea-Bissau Presidents of the National People's Assembly (Guinea-Bissau) Members of the National People's Assembly (Guinea-Bissau) Bissau-Guinean Marxists Bissau-Guinean women in politics Female heads of state 20th-century women politicians Health ministers of Guinea-Bissau Social affairs ministers of Guinea-Bissau