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Florentino Mendes Pereira | |
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 Mendes Pereira in 2016 | |
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| Born | 4 February 1969 Canchungo, Guinea Bissau |
| Political party | Party for Social Renewal |
Florentino Mendes Pereira (born 4 February 1969) is a Bissau-Guinean politician and former of Minister of Energy and Industry. [1] [2] [3]
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