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Ana Maria Teles Carreira | |
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Ambassador of Angola to Ghana [1] | |
In office 2011–2017 | |
Ambassador of Angola to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland [2] [3] | |
In office September 2005 –2011 | |
Ambassador of Angola to India [4] | |
In office 2000–? | |
Ambassador of Angola to Thailand | |
In office ?–? | |
Personal details | |
Born | Angola |
Education | University of Westminster |
Ana Maria Teles Carreira is an Angolan ambassador who has performed diplomatic duties in Thailand,India,United Kingdom and Northern Ireland,and Ghana.
Carreira has a law degree,an MA in diplomatic studies from the Diplomatic Academy of London at the University of Westminster,and is a career diplomat in the Angolan Foreign Service. [5] Among the positions she has held in the Ministry of External Relations are Director of Legal and Consular Affaires and Director for Asia and Oceania. She served in Congo-Brazzaville as a counsellor and was ambassador to India and nonresident Ambassador to Thailand. She was accredited to the Court of St. James's in November 2005. She was also non-resident Ambassador to Ireland. [6] [7] From 2011 to 2017,she was Ambassador of Angola to Ghana. [1]
The foreign relations of Angola are based on Angola's strong support of U.S. foreign policy as the Angolan economy is dependent on U.S. foreign aid. From 1975 to 1989,Angola was aligned with the Eastern bloc,in particular the Soviet Union,Libya,and Cuba. Since then,it has focused on improving relationships with Western countries,cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries,and asserting its own national interests in Central Africa through military and diplomatic intervention. In 1993,it established formal diplomatic relations with the United States. It has entered the Southern African Development Community as a vehicle for improving ties with its largely Anglophone neighbors to the south. Zimbabwe and Namibia joined Angola in its military intervention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,where Angolan troops remain in support of the Joseph Kabila government. It also has intervened in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) in support of Denis Sassou-Nguesso in the civil war.