Alice Vera Cruz

Maria Alice Rodrigues Vera Cruz de Carvalho (born 1955) is a Santomean jurist who served as President of the country's Supreme Court from 2001.

Alice Vera Cruz
President of the Supreme Court of São Tomé and Príncipe
Assumed office
2001

Cruz was educated in Brazil and became a student of Gilmar Mendes, president of the Supreme Federal Court.[1] She practiced law in Brazil and Portugal.[2]

Cruz was elected president of the Supreme Court of São Tomé and Príncipe in May 2011, making her the first woman to hold the position.[2] In January 2003, Cruz and Prime Minister Maria das Neves successfully mediated a solution after President Fradique de Menezes dissolved the National Assembly.[3]

On 21 November 2008, Cruz was a signatory to the Declaration constituting the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries.[4] As of 2017, she remains a justice on the Supreme Court.[5]

References
  1. "Parlamentares do Brasil e de São Tomé e Príncipe reúnem-se" (in Portuguese). 180 Graus. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. "São Tomé" (in Portuguese). Agencia Angola Presse. 11 May 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Europa Publications. 2003. p. 908. ISBN 9781857431834.
  4. "Presentation". CJCPLP. Archived from the original on 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  5. "Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) tem novo "Juíz-Presidente"". National Radio of Sao Tome and Principe. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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