Luísa Dias Diogo (born April 11, 1958) has been prime minister of Mozambique since February 2004. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi, who had been prime minister for the previous nine years. Before becoming prime minister she was minister of planning and finance, and she continued to hold that post until February 2005.^[1] She is the first woman to be prime minister of Mozambique. Luisa Diogo represents the party FRELIMO, which has ruled the country since independence in 1975. List of Heads of Government of Mozambique Affliations:- FRELIMO = Frente da Libertação de Moçambique (Liberation Front of Mozambique, authoritarian/socialist, renounces Marxist-Leninism 30 Jul 1989) RENAMO = Resistencia Nacional Moçambicana (Mozambican National Resistance) Categories: | ... Open seat redirects here. ... is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pascoal Mocumbi (born 1941) was the Prime Minister of Mozambique from 1994 until 2004. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... The Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO, pronounced fray-LEE-moo; Portuguese: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) is a political party that has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → // February 29, 2004 Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti and flees the country for the Central African Republic. ... Pascoal Mocumbi (born 1941) was the Prime Minister of Mozambique from 1994 until 2004. ... The Liberation Front of Mozambique (better known under its abbreveration FRELIMO, pronounced fray-LEE-moo; Portuguese: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) is a political party that has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975. ...

Diogo studied economics at Maputo's Eduardo Mondlane University. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1983. She went on to obtain a master's degree in financial economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 1992. In 1980, she began working in Mozambique's Finance Ministry. She became a department's head in 1986 and in 1989 became national budget director. Then she worked for the World Bank as program officer in Mozambique. In 1994 she joined the FRELIMO government as deputy finance minister. [2] The Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Portuguese, Eduardo Mondlane University) is the oldest and largest university in Mozambique. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is a constituent of the University of London specializing in the arts and humanities, languages and cultures, and the law and social sciences concerning Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The World Bank logo The World Bank (the Bank) is a part of the World Bank Group (WBG), is a bank that makes loans to developing countries for development programs with the stated goal of reducing poverty. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO, pronounced fray-LEE-moo; Portuguese: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) is a political party that has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975. ...

In September 2005, she was the international guest speaker at the British Labour Party Conference. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... The Labour Party Conference, or annual national conference of the Labour Party, is formally the supreme decision-making body of the Party. ...

See also

• Heads of Government of Mozambique

List of Heads of Government of Mozambique Affliations:- FRELIMO = Frente da Libertação de Moçambique (Liberation Front of Mozambique, authoritarian/socialist, renounces Marxist-Leninism 30 Jul 1989) RENAMO = Resistencia Nacional Moçambicana (Mozambican National Resistance) Categories: Politics of Mozambique ...

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External links

• Blazing a trail for Africa's women

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