Arzemiro dos Prazeres

Arzemiro dos Prazeres (Bano) is a São Toméan politician. He was born on October 24, 1958, on the island of Príncipe. He is currently serving as Minister of Public Works, Infrastructure, and Urban Development. He served as a Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism twice, from 1992-1994 and from 2002-2003. He holds bachelor's degree in Marine Biology from Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, where he graduated in 1985. He pursued graduate-level studies in Fisheries Technology at SUDPE Rio de Janeiro Brasil, where he graduated in 1987. He became President of the Santomean National Assembly in 2010 and succeeded Francisco da Silva, he had a position for a few months, Evaristo Carvalho took that position later on.