The President of the Republic, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, in the use of the powers conferred on him by subparagraph a) of paragraph 2 of article 160 of the Constitution of the Republic, combined with subparagraph d) of article 34 of the Law number 18/2019 of 24 September, has relieved Cristóvão Artur Chume of the position of Commander of the Army Branch.
In a separate Presidential Order, the Mozambican Head of State appointed Cristóvão Artur Chume to the post of Minister of National Defence.
President Nyusi also appointed Arsénia Felicidade Félix Massingue as Minister of the Interior and Constantino Alberto Bacela as Minister in the President’s Office.