16 Notable alumni of
Eduardo Mondlane University
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Eduardo Mondlane University is 2464th in the world, 57th in Africa, and 1st in Mozambique by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Eduardo Mondlane University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mia Couto
- Occupations
- children's writerbiologistwriterpoetjournalist
- Biography
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António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto, is a Mozambican writer. He won the Camões Prize in 2013, the most important literary award in the Portuguese language, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2014.
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Paulina Chiziane
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Paulina "Poulli" Chiziane is an author of novels and short stories in the Portuguese language. She was awarded the 2021 Camões Prize for literature, awarded to writers from Portuguese-speaking countries.
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Mari Alkatiri
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mari bin Amude Alkatiri is a Timorese politician. He was Prime Minister of East Timor from May 2002 until his resignation on 26 June 2006 following weeks of political unrest in the country, and again from September 2017 until May 2018. He is the Secretary-General of the Fretilin party and was the former President of the Special Administrative Region of Oecusse.
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Carlos Agostinho do Rosário
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Carlos Agostinho do Rosário is a Mozambican politician who was the Prime Minister of Mozambique from 17 January 2015 until 3 March 2022. He is a member of the FRELIMO, and served under President Filipe Nyusi. He worked as a civil servant in the 1970s and was Governor of Zambezia Province between 1987 and 1994. Later he served a short while as MP in 1994 before becoming Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, in which post he served until 1999. Afterwards he became a diplomat in Asia; prior to his appointment as prime minister, Rosario served as ambassador to Indonesia.
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Luísa Diogo
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Luísa Dias Diogo is a Mozambican politician who served as Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi, who had been Prime Minister for the previous nine years. Before becoming Prime Minister, she was Minister of Planning and Finance, and she continued to hold that post until February 2005.
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Daviz Simango
- Years
- 1964-2021 (aged 57)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daviz Mbepo Simango was a Mozambican politician who was Mayor of Beira from 2003 to the day of his death in February 2021. He was also the President of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM). He was son of Uria Timoteo Simango the first Vice-President of FRELIMO and Celina Tapua Simango. He joined the main opposition party RENAMO in 1997 and became Mayor of Beira in 2003 as its candidate. On March 6, 2009, he founded a new party, the Movimento Democrático de Moçambique, or MDM.
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Adriano Maleiane
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Adriano Afonso Maleiane is a Mozambican economist and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Mozambique since 2022.
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Ana Pessoa Pinto
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- politician
- Biography
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Ana Maria Pessoa Pereira da Silva Pinto is an East Timorese politician, who is currently serving as a prosecutor general of East Timor (since 27 March 2009) and former Minister for State and Internal Administration during the Alkatiri-lead Fretilin government from 2002 - 2007. She is a member of the Fretilin Central Committee. During the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) from 1999 to 2002, Pessoa was the Cabinet Member for the Interior before being appointed as the Justice Minister in the East Timor Transitional Administration (ETTA).
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Estanislau da Silva
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- politician
- Biography
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Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva is an East Timorese politician and a key member of Fretilin. He was acting Prime Minister from May 2007 to August 2007.
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Verónica Macamo
- Occupations
- politicianjurist
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Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo is a Mozambican politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2020. She served as the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique from 2010 to 2020. Dlhovo is a member of Frelimo.
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Oldemiro Balói
- Enrolled in Eduardo Mondlane University
- Studied economics
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Oldemiro Júlio Marques Balói was a Mozambican political figure who served in the government of Mozambique as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2017.
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Amélia Muge
- Occupations
- singercomposersongwriter
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Amélia Muge is a Mozambique-born Portuguese singer, instrumentalist, composer, and lyricist. She is noted for her fado voice and poetic lyrics.
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Hirondina Joshua
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Hirondina Joshua, is a Mozambican poet, prose writer and jurist. She is a member of the Mozambican Writers Association ( Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos - AEMO). The book Córtex was translated into Spanish and published in Mexico; In Brazil, her book Os Ângulos da Casa was adapted into a modern dance piece. She participated in the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the largest public celebration of the written word in the world.
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Nazira Abdula
- Occupations
- politicianpediatrician
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Nazira Karimo Vali Abdula is a pediatrician and politician from Mozambique. She has served as Minister of Health in the government of Filipe Nyusi since January 19, 2015.
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Carlos Nuno Castel-Branco
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- university teacheropinion journalisteconomistpolitical scientisthuman rights activist
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Carlos Nuno Castel-Branco is a prominent Mozambican economist.
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Alcinda Honwana
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- anthropologistacademic
- Biography
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Alcinda Manuel Honwana is a Mozambican anthropologist who is a Centennial Professor and the Strategic Director of the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research considers young people, social movements, political protests and social change. She served as a Senior Adviser for the United Nations in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
