Paulo Zucula | |
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Minister of Transport and Communication | |
Assumed office March 11, 2008 | |
Preceded by | Antonio Munguambe |
Personal details | |
Born | 1955 |
Nationality | Mozambican |
Paulo Zucula (born 1955) is a Mozambican politician and Mozambique's Minister of Transportation and Communication since March 2008.
Born in 1955,Zucula studied agronomy at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo,where he completed a B.Sc. degree. He pursued graduate studies at the University of Minnesota,receiving a M.Sc. degree. [1]
From 1990 to 1992,Zucula served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture for President Joaquim Chissano. [1] [2] Thereafter,from 1993 to 1995,he was a National Programme Manager for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. [1] In 2001,he became coordinator of the Regional Spatial Development Initiative of the Development Bank of Southern Africa. [1] From 2004 to 2005,he held the post of Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Community Development (Portuguese :Fundação Para o Desenvolvimento Comunitário). [1]
Zucula re-entered public service in December 2006,becoming director of the National Disasters Management Institute (Portuguese :Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades,INGC),Mozambique's disaster management agency. [1] [2] He was "widely praised" for his handling of the 2007 Mozambican flood and for his leadership of the INGC, [3] with one "senior [United Nations] official" describing him as "the most effective director in this position that I have come across in 25 years of disaster management anywhere in the world". [4] He was appointed Minister of Transport and Communication by Armando Guebuza on March 11,2008, [5] [6] succeeding Antonio Munguambe. Zucula's appointment came as part of a cabinet reshuffle that also involved the replacement of foreign minister Alcinda Abreu and justice minister Esperança Machavela. [7]
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