Alcinda Abreu
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Alcinda António de Abreu (born 1953) is a political figure in Mozambique
. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008 and is currently Minister of the Environment.
Abreu was active in the Mozambique Youth Association and served as its Deputy Secretary-General in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was Minister of Social Welfare from 1994 to 1997. Abreu was appointed by FRELIMO as a member of the National Elections Commissions (CNEs) responsible for organizing the 1998 municipal elections and the 1999 general election. At FRELIMO's 2002 congress, she was elected to the party's 15-member Political Committee.
She was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Armando Guebuza
on February 3, 2005, when Guebuza named his new government shortly after taking office. On March 10, 2008, she was moved to the post of Minister of the Environment; she was sworn in on March 27.
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008 and is currently Minister of the Environment.
Abreu was active in the Mozambique Youth Association and served as its Deputy Secretary-General in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was Minister of Social Welfare from 1994 to 1997. Abreu was appointed by FRELIMO as a member of the National Elections Commissions (CNEs) responsible for organizing the 1998 municipal elections and the 1999 general election. At FRELIMO's 2002 congress, she was elected to the party's 15-member Political Committee.
She was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Armando Guebuza
Armando Guebuza
Armando Emílio Guebuza is a Mozambican politician and the President of Mozambique since 2005.- Career :Armando Emílio Guebuza was born in 20 January 1943 in Portuguese East Africa...
on February 3, 2005, when Guebuza named his new government shortly after taking office. On March 10, 2008, she was moved to the post of Minister of the Environment; she was sworn in on March 27.