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paulo zucula 150px mozambican minister of transport and communication february 3 , 2005 antonio munguambe
 march 10 , 2008 antonio munguambe
antonio munguambe

antonio francisco munguambe is a mozambican politician .
munguambe served as deputy minister of trade in the early 1990s , and was appointed as minister of transport and communication by president armando guebuza on february 3 , 2005 , when guebuza named his new government shortly after taking office .
he was removed from office -lrb- along with foreign minister alcinda abreu and justice minister esperança machavela -rrb- on march 10 , 2008 , and was succeeded by paulo zucula , the former director of mozambique 's national disasters management institute .
although guebuza offered no official reason for munguambe 's dismissal from office , various news reports suggested that it was tied to the transportation-related riots in maputo in february that caused between four and six deaths .
the riots were sparked by increases of up to 50 percent in the fares for the `` chapas '' -lrb- privately owned minibus taxis -rrb- that account for a significant portion of the capital 's passenger transport .
according to the mozambique workers ' organization , the country 's largest national trade union centre , mozambican workers spend an average of 35 percent of their income on transportation .
the hike was negotiated by munguambe and the federation of road transport associations following an increase in the fuel costs -lrb- the government raised the price of diesel by 14 percent on january 23 -rrb- .
after the outbreak of rioting on february 5 , munguambe declared that `` he increase is fair and also the complaints by commuters are fair '' , and promised to renegotiate with transport operators .
on february 6 , the government rescinded the fares increase , and in exchange promised to provide fuel subsidies to licensed transport operators , so that they could in effect purchase diesel at the price prior to january 23 -lrb- 31.0 meticais per litre , as opposed to 35.35 per litre -rrb- .
