Full Name
H.E. Alfredo Fabião Nuvunga
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Ambassador of Mozambique to the United States
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Embassy of Mozambique
Speaker Bio
Born in September 20, 1965 and married to Joana Cuna Nuvunga, graduated in Business Management and employee of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Ambassador Alfredo Fabião Nuvunga is a career diplomat who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 1989. He holds a master’s degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Botswana, and a B. Honors degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Superior Institute of International Relations, currently Joaquim Chissano University.
Served as Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and as the Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa from 2020 to 2022.
From 2016 to 2021, Ambassador Nuvunga served as Director of the Directorate for Regional and Continental Integration. On the same period he was cumulatively holding the following positions:
- Director of the National Commission for SADC (CONSADC). CONSADC is a Consultative Institution, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MINEC), responsible for the coordination of all Mozambican civil society sectors participation in the implementation of SADC programs and projects.
- Chairperson of the Consultative and Advisory Committee to the President of the Republic on the issues related to SADC, African Union, Africa and Middle East, and Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
- Focal Point at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MINEC) on matters relating to the National Defense and Security Council (CNDS).
- National Contact Point for SADC Affairs
Ambassador Nuvunga speaks and writes several tsonga languages and portuguese and can articulate in English and French.
Ambassador Nuvunga was awarded the Medal “Order of Friendship and Peace” of the second degree awarded by Presidential Decree nr. 12/2022, of June 22, for the high merits achieved in the fight for the cause of friendship, solidarity and peace in the world.
Ambassador Alfredo Fabião Nuvunga is a career diplomat who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 1989. He holds a master’s degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Botswana, and a B. Honors degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Superior Institute of International Relations, currently Joaquim Chissano University.
Served as Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and as the Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa from 2020 to 2022.
From 2016 to 2021, Ambassador Nuvunga served as Director of the Directorate for Regional and Continental Integration. On the same period he was cumulatively holding the following positions:
- Director of the National Commission for SADC (CONSADC). CONSADC is a Consultative Institution, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MINEC), responsible for the coordination of all Mozambican civil society sectors participation in the implementation of SADC programs and projects.
- Chairperson of the Consultative and Advisory Committee to the President of the Republic on the issues related to SADC, African Union, Africa and Middle East, and Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
- Focal Point at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MINEC) on matters relating to the National Defense and Security Council (CNDS).
- National Contact Point for SADC Affairs
Ambassador Nuvunga speaks and writes several tsonga languages and portuguese and can articulate in English and French.
Ambassador Nuvunga was awarded the Medal “Order of Friendship and Peace” of the second degree awarded by Presidential Decree nr. 12/2022, of June 22, for the high merits achieved in the fight for the cause of friendship, solidarity and peace in the world.
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