Alcinda Abreu

Alcinda António de Abreu (born 1953) is a Mozambican politician. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique from 2005 to 2008, having previously been the Minister of Social Welfare. She most recently served as Minister of the Environment. She has worked to increase the role of women in climate change.

Alcinda Abreu in 2010

Life and career

Alcinda António de Abreu was born in 1953 in Mozambique.[1] She was active in the Mozambique Youth Association and served as its Deputy Secretary-General in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Abreu 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.[2]

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.[3] Later that year, she visited José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission.[4]

Following a cabinet reshuffle on March 10, 2008, she was reassigned to the post of Minister of the Environment;[5][6] and was sworn in 17 days later on March 27.[5] She commissioned a national strategy for the impact of climate change on women within Mozambique, the first time such a strategy had been devised anywhere in the world.[7] She explained that societies need to adapt their plans to allow women in rural areas to become involved in climate change work, because of the impact this has on subsistence farming.[8]

References
  1. "The Hon Alcinda António de Abreu". World Parks Congress. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. "President Guebuza appoints his government". Mozambique News Agency. February 16, 2005. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  3. Chale, Mateus (February 4, 2005). "Guebuza names cabinet to fight poverty". IOL. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  4. "Visit by Alcinda Abreu, Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, to the EC". European Commission. 11 April 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. "President undertakes major reshuffle". Mozambique News Agency. April 21, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  6. "Moz president 'does it again'". IOL. March 11, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  7. Seager, Joni (11 April 2011). "Eye of the Storm". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  8. Phakathi, Mantoe (29 November 2012). "Las mujeres rurales de Kenia tienen una embajadora en Doha". EuroXpress. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
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