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Albina Africano
Albina Faria de Assis Pereira Africano best known as Albina Assis (born June 3, 1945, in Luanda, Portuguese Angola) is an Angolan chemist and politician. She has held many positions including Minister of Oil and Industry in the Angolan government, Special Advisor to the President for Regional Affairs, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sonangol. Early life Albina Assis Africano was born on 3 June 1945 in Luanda, at that time the capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola. Africano graduated from the Instituto Industrial in Luanda in 1967. In 1972, three years before Angola became independent in 1975, Africano began to study in Luanda. She received her undergraduate B.A. in Chemistry at Agostinho Neto University in 1982. She specialized in the sciences of oil production, including study or internships in Antwerp (1984), the Lindsey Institute of Oil Sciences in France (1987), and the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Oxford (1989) in the United Kingdom. Career In ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desidério Costa
Desidério da Graça Veríssimo e Costa (born April 4, 1934) is an Angolan politician who was Minister of Petroleum from 2002 to 2008. As Minister of Petroleum, Costa visited the China, Cuba, Venezuela, the United States and others, due to his country's expanding petroleum industry. He was the 2005-2006 chairman of the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPA). He oversaw the emerging importance of Angolan oil in the global market. Costa also oversaw Angola's joining of OPEC by January 2007,OPEC press information on decisions of December 2006 Abuja conference as it is now the 2nd leading petroleum exporter in |
Living People
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21st-century Women Scientists
This is a list of notable women scientists active in the 21st century. Albania *Mimoza Hafizi (born 1962), Albanian physicist *Laura Mersini-Houghton, cosmology and theoretical physicist *Afërdita Veveçka Priftaj (1948–2017), Albanian physicist Algeria *Yasmine Amhis (born 1982), French-Algerian physicist Argentina *Sonia Álvarez Leguizamón (born 1954), urban anthropologist studying poverty *Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini (born 1944), Argentine paleontologist and zoologist *Constanza Ceruti (born 1973), Argentine archaeologist and anthropologist *Rachel Chan (biologist), Rachel Chan (graduated 1988), led group of research scientists to create more drought resistant seed in Argentina * Perla Fuscaldo (born 1941), Argentine egyptologist Armenia *Vandika Ervandovna Avetisyan (born 1928), botanist and mycologist; major contributor to knowledge of the flora of her native Armenia *Ninet Sinaii, epidemiologist Australia *Carol Armour (fl. 2006), medical researcher specializing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Chemists
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Angolan Chemists
Angolan may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Angola *Angolan people; see Demographics of Angola *Angolan culture *Angolar Creole *Something of, from, or related to the historical Bantu Kingdom of Ndongo *A resident of: **Angola, New York **Angola, Kansas See also *List of Angolans *Languages of Angola * *Angola (other) *''Angolanidade Angolanidade () is the national identity of Angola.James, W. Martin. ''Historical Dictionary of Angola'', 2004. Page 28. It can also be described as Angolan cultural patriotism. Much of what is today considered angolanidade was created by Angolan ...'' ("Angolan-ness") {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politicians From Luanda
A politician is a person who participates in policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles or duties that politicians must perform vary depending on the level of government they serve, whether local, national, or international. The ideological orientation that politicians adopt often stems from their previous experience, education, beliefs, the political parties they belong to, or public opinion. Politicians sometimes face many challenges and mistakes that may affect their credibility and ability to persuade. These mistakes include political corruption resulting from their misuse and exploitation of power to achieve their interests, which requires them to prioritize the public interest and develop long-term strategies. Challenges include how to keep up with the development of social media and confronting biased media, in addition to discrimi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MPLA Politicians
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (, Abbreviation, abbr. MPLA), from 1977–1990 called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angola, Angolan social democratic political party. The MPLA fought against the Portuguese Army in the Angolan War of Independence from 1961 to 1974, and defeated the UNITA, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) in the Angolan Civil War. The party has ruled Angola since the country's independence from Portugal in 1975, being the ''de facto'' government throughout the civil war and continuing to rule afterwards. Formation The articulation for the founding of the MPLA took place, mainly, within two political organizations: the Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola (PLUAA), founded in 1953 by Viriato da Cruz and Matias Miguéis, which operated incipiently until 1954 due to a lack of mass mobilization, being overshadow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Angolan Politicians
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