CURRICULUM VITAE - Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

I -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PERSONAL DATA

Name:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Alcinda Abreu

Birth date:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 13.10.1953

Birth place:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Nova Sofala, district of Buzi, Sofala Province

Civil Status: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Married

II -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

University Degree on Development Studies by the African Studies Centre, UEM, Mozambique and

Honours on Psychology and Pedagogy by ISPU, Mozambique

III -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Deputy Secretary General ofÂ Mozambican Youth Organization (OJM)

1993Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chairman of the NGO Women, Law and Development (MULEIDE) and of the Executive Committee of Women in Law and Development in AFRICA (WILDAF)

1994 Chairman ofÂ Womenâ€™s Forum (Forum Mulher)

1994 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MinisterÂ for Women and Social Welfare Coordination

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2000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Private Consultant

2005Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Minister of Foreign Affairs

Others:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Member of the Peopleâ€™s Assembly between 1977 and 1994 and of the Parliament (Assembly of the Republic) later and is since 1989, member of the Central Committee of Frelimo Party.

Frelimo appointee on the National Elections Commissions (CNEs) that organized the 1999 general elections.

During the 2004 elections she acted as Head of Central Cabinet. At the last Frelimo Congress in 2006, she was re elected to the 15 person strong Frelimo Political Committee (the most powerful body in the party).