Alice Vera Cruz

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| office = President of the Supreme Court of São Tomé and Príncipe

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{{short description|Santomean jurist}}

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.

Cruz was educated in Brazil and became a student of Gilmar Mendes, president of the Supreme Federal Court.{{cite web|url=https://180graus.com/politica/parlamentares-do-brasil-e-de-sao-tome-e-principe-reunemse-9338|language=Portuguese|title=Parlamentares do Brasil e de São Tomé e Príncipe reúnem-se|date=18 May 2008|accessdate=13 January 2018|publisher=180 Graus}} She practiced law in Brazil and Portugal.{{cite web|url=http://m.portalangop.co.ao/angola/pt_pt/mobile/noticias/africa/2001/4/19/,565b42d5-85b1-478c-b0c5-6b906d26757a.html|date=11 May 2001|accessdate=13 January 2018|publisher=Agencia Angola Presse|language=Portuguese|title=São Tomé|archive-date=14 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020313/http://m.portalangop.co.ao/angola/pt_pt/mobile/noticias/africa/2001/4/19/,565b42d5-85b1-478c-b0c5-6b906d26757a.html|url-status=dead}}

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. In January 2003, Cruz and Prime Minister Maria das Neves successfully mediated a solution after President Fradique de Menezes dissolved the National Assembly.{{cite book|page=908|title=Africa South of the Sahara 2004|publisher=Europa Publications|year=2003|isbn=9781857431834|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC}}

On 21 November 2008, Cruz was a signatory to the Declaration constituting the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries.{{cite web|url=http://cjcplp.org/cjcplp/presentation/|title=Presentation|publisher=CJCPLP|access-date=2018-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020317/http://cjcplp.org/cjcplp/presentation/|archive-date=2018-01-14|url-status=dead}} As of 2017, she remains a justice on the Supreme Court.{{cite web|url=http://www.rnstp.st/index.php/noticias/item/587-supremo-tribunal-de-justica-stj-tem-novo-juiz-presidente|date=26 April 2017|accessdate=13 January 2018|title=Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) tem novo "Juíz-Presidente"|publisher=National Radio of Sao Tome and Principe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108072830/http://rnstp.st/index.php/noticias/item/587-supremo-tribunal-de-justica-stj-tem-novo-juiz-presidente|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=dead}}