List of Prime Ministers of Mozambique

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Prime Minister of the
Republic of Mozambique
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Incumbent
Carlos Agostinho do Rosário

since 17 January 2015
Appointer Filipe Nyusi,
as President of Mozambique
Inaugural holder Mário da Graça Machungo
Formation17 July 1986
Website www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz

The following is a list of Prime Ministers of Mozambique , since the establishment of the office of Prime Minister of Portuguese Mozambique in 1974.

Mozambique country in Africa

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa to the southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital of Mozambique is Maputo while Matola is the largest city, being a suburb of Maputo.

Portuguese Mozambique 1498-1975 Portuguese possession in East Africa

Portuguese Mozambique or Portuguese East Africa were the common terms by which Mozambique was designated during the historic period when it was a Portuguese colony. Portuguese Mozambique originally constituted a string of Portuguese possessions along the south-east African coast, and later became a unified colony, which now forms the Republic of Mozambique.

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Prime Ministers of Mozambique (1974–present)

Prime MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyElection
Portuguese Mozambique
1
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Chissano, Joaquim Joaquim Chissano
(born 1939)
20 September 197425 June 1975278 days FRELIMO
People's Republic of Mozambique
Post abolished (25 June 1975 – 17 July 1986)
1
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Machungo, Mário Mário da Graça Machungo
(born 1940)
17 July 19861 December 19904 years, 137 days FRELIMO
Republic of Mozambique
(1)
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Machungo, Mário Mário da Graça Machungo
(born 1940)
1 December 199016 December 19944 years, 15 days FRELIMO
2
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Mocumbi, Pascoal Pascoal Mocumbi
(born 1941)
16 December 199417 August 20049 years, 245 days FRELIMO 1994
1999
3
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Diogo, Luísa Luísa Diogo
(born 1958)
17 August 200416 January 20105 years, 152 days FRELIMO 2004
4
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Ali, Aires Aires Ali
(born 1955)
16 January 20108 October 20122 years, 266 days FRELIMO 2009
5
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Vaquina, Alberto Alberto Vaquina
(born 1961)
8 October 201217 January 20152 years, 101 days FRELIMO
6
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Rosário, Carlos Carlos Agostinho do Rosário
(born 1954)
17 January 2015Incumbent4 years, 189 days FRELIMO 2014

See also

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