Ana Dias Lourenço

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Ana Afonso Dias Lourenço
Dias Lourenço in 2022
First Lady of Angola
Assumed office
26 September 2017
PresidentJoão Lourenço
Preceded byAna Paula dos Santos
Minister of Planning of Angola
In office
1999–2012
PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos
Succeeded byJob Graça
Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community
In office
30 September 2006 – 200?
Personal details
Born
Ana Afonso Lourenço

(1957-04-13) 13 April 1957 (age 67)
Luanda, Portuguese Angola
NationalityAngola
Political partyMPLA
SpouseJoão Lourenço
Children6

Ana Afonso Dias Lourenço,

João Lourenço
.

Early and personal life

Lourenco was born on 13 April 1957 in

University of Agostinho Neto in Angola and also has a certificate in Macroeconomic Policy and Management.[2]

Lourenço is

multilingual
: in addition to Portuguese, she speaks English, French and Spanish. She is the mother of six children.

Career

She served in various capacities as the President of the National Council of Statistics, President of SADC's National Commission, National Coordinator of the FED Fund, Angola's Governor for the World Bank and African Development Bank and Member of the Government's Economic Cabinet. She was the Senior Advisor to Provincial Planning Cabinet, Benguela, Angola, Head of Investments Department, Ministry of Planning of Angola from 1986 – 1997 and the National Director of the Investment Department. Lourenco was the Vice Minister and Minister of Planning of Angola from 1997 to 2012.[3] She served as the Vice Chairman of the Board's Ethics Committee and on the Human Resources Committee between 2014 and 2015. Lourenco served as an Executive Director at the Board of the World Bank Group.[2] As the head of Ministry of Planning Investment, she was responsible for the development programs of Benguela Province. Between 1997 and 1999 she served as Planning deputy minister and was twice president of the Council of Ministers of SADC. As the Governor of Angola to the World Bank and national coordinator of EDF funds.[4]

Lourenço has been in the Ministry of Planning since 1997, first as Deputy Minister of Planning from 1997 to 1999 and national Minister of Planning from 1999 to 2012. Since September 30, 2006, she has been the chairperson of the Southern African Development Community. Lourenço was the sixth candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 parliamentary election.[5][6] She won a seat in the election.[6]

Honours

Foreign Honours

References

  1. ^ "Ana Dias Lourenço". MRFPress. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Ana Afonso Dias Lourenco". World Bank. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
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  4. ^ "Ana Dias Lourenço tested to the list of successors JES". Clubk. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  5. ^ Xyami, Angola (5 July 2008). "Eleições: Lista integral dos candidatos do MPLA, antigo PM Marcolino Moco fora, nova cara Akwá" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ^ a b "List of deputies elected in the 2008 election" (in Portuguese). CNE website. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 5 November 2016..
  7. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
  8. ^ "Home". presidencia.pt.

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