Alcinda Abreu

Alcinda Abreu in 2010

Alcinda António de Abreu (born 1953) is a Mozambican politician. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique from 2005 to 2008 and subsequently served as Minister of the Environment.

Life and career

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.[1]

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.[2] On March 10, 2008, she was moved to the post of Minister of the Environment;[3][4] she was sworn in on March 27.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "President Guebuza appoints his government", Mozambique News Agency, number 293, February 16, 2005.
  2. ↑ Mateus Chale, "Guebuza names cabinet to fight poverty", Reuters, February 4, 2005.
  3. 1 2 "President undertakes major reshuffle", Mozambique News Agency, number 357, April 21, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Moz president 'does it again'", Sapa, March 11, 2008.


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