Júlio Eduardo Zamith Carrilho ( Pemba, 26 June 1946 –

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, 5 December 2021) was a

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politician, long-time member of

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, as well as a university professor and author. Carrilho started his professional career as an architectural draftsman in a private architecture office in his hometown of Pemba. He moved to Lisbon in 1971 to study for his undergraduate degree (Licenciatura) in Architecture at the University of Lisbon ( Escola Superior the Belas-Artes), which he completed in 1973. He held a PhD in Architecture and Environment from the

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a Public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is ...

(2006). He lived briefly in Sweden, where he fled to escape the Portuguese secret police

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, then returning to Maputo in September 1974, at the age of 28. Already a member of

then, he was appointed to the Transition Government as the Secretary of State for Public Works and Housing, transitioning to the office of Minister for Public Works and Housing in the first government of independent Mozambique. He held this post between 1975 and 1978, 1980–1983 and 1983–1987, the latter as the Minister of Construction and Water. He also served as Minister of Industry and Energy between 1978 and 1980. As the Minister of Public Works and Housing, he was responsible for overseeing the implementation in 1976 of

's decision to nationalize all rental units in all Mozambican cities. Initially targeting only the apartment buildings within the colonial urban core of cities, known as 'cidade de cimento' (the cement city), the decision was interpreted by the population as extending also to all rental units, including those in 'subúrbios' (loosely translated as 'the suburbs'), the areas where the vast majority of the African population lived in colonial times. He had five children – André, Elga, Katia, Ntzanzi, and Taila. André Carrilho is the son of Portuguese architect Isabel Maria de Sá Machado. Júlio Carrilho was married to Fernanda Machungo, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, who he met after joining

. She is the sister of the late

Mário da Graça Machungo Mário Fernandes da Graça Machungo (1 December 1940 – 17 February 2020) was a Mozambican politician. He served as Minister of Industry and Commerce between 1975–1976, then as Minister of Industry and Energy from 1976–1978. He was Ministe ...

, a

politician who held various government offices since the Transition Government in 1974, including the office of Prime Minister of Mozambique (1986–1994). Júlio Carrilho taught at the Faculty of Architecture and Physical Planning of

Eduardo Mondlane University The Eduardo Mondlane University (; UEM) is the oldest and largest university in Mozambique. The UEM is a secular public university, unaffiliated with any religion, and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, or religion. The ...

since 1993 until his retirement. Júlio Carrilho is the author of the book ''Ibo: A Casa e o Tempo'' (2005) about the architecture of Mozambican island of Ibo.

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