Terence Cola

Dr. Terence Cola Nguema
28th President of Santa Rosa
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 August 1994
Vice President	Geraldo Gran Cebolla
Preceded by	Paul Oppenheimer
President of the National Assembly
In office 20 August 1990 – 14 November 1991
Personal details
Born	Terence Galanza Cola Nguema 24 October 1948 Alhambra, Santa Rosa
Political party	PSD
Spouse	Seble Cola
Children	5
Education	University of Campinas (BA) Law School of Sorocaba (BL, LLD)
Awards	Bernstein Peace Award (1995)

Dr. Terence Galanza Cola Nguema (born 24 October 1948) is a Santa Rosan politician and lawyer currently serving as the 28th President of Santa Rosa since 20 August 1994.

Political career

Presidency (1994–)

Cola won the 1990 presidential election with 75.40% of the vote in the second round, defeating incumbent prime minister Antonio Lardesi in a landslide.

Cola was inaugurated in Ciudad Beldad on 20 August 1994.

Cabinet

Prior to forming his cabinet, Cola's Social Democratic Party (PSD) formed a congressional alliance with the Movement to Socialism (MAS) and the Communist Party of Santa Rosa (PCSR), called the Popular Front. The Popular Front was the largest political alliance of leftist parties in the history of Santa Rosa, holding 165 of the 213 seats in the National Assembly and 29 of the 42 seats in the Senate, giving the bloc a super-majority to legislate without opposition.

Portfolio	Minister		Party	Term
President		Tito Pérez	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Vice President		Carmella Grosso	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Chief of Staff		Julio Reijnders	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Defense		Gen. Paul Oppenheimer	N/A	20 Aug 1990 – 2 Sep 1991
		Pablo Luchador	PSD	2 Sep 1991 –
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Billy Marino	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Economics		Jorge Savidge	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Justice		Ghislain Stilo	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Health		Dr. Lea Harris	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of the Environment		Marta Hailey	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Education		Rens Fontana	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Labor		Eleonora Spada	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –

Awards and honours

Awards

• 1995 – Bernstein Peace Award