Suzi Barbosa is a
Bissau-Guinean politician, who is currently Special Adviser of the President of the Republic for Foreign Affairs. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023 and was appointed Minister 4 times. Before she Secretary of State for International Cooperation and also Diplomatic and Political Adviser for the Prime Minister Aristides Gomes. From 2014 till 2023 she was member of parliament elected 3 times and also Chair of the
Women Parliamentarians Network of Guinea-Bissau.
Career
Barbosa is an advocate for the participation of women in the national political affairs of Guinea-Bissau. She was part of the feminist movement in Guinea-Bissau among women from
Bafatá Region
Bafatá is a region in north-central Guinea-Bissau and its capital is Bafatá. It is an inland region covered with savannah or light savannah woodland and receives an annual rainfall of more than .
As of 2009, the total population of the region ...
who avoided voting in elections if women were not featured on the contestants list. She indicated that "Guinea-Bissau has a population mostly made up of women and it is very sad to see that they do not have the same opportunities as men, especially in decision-making positions, if they had perhaps the country's situation in terms of stability would have been different”.
She was a delegate at the first conference of Women's Circle of the National Assembly in Quebec City in 2017, made up of politicians from French speaking countries, gathered to build capacity for female world leaders.
As of 2016, she was the Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Communities in Guinea-Bissau.
On July 3, 2019, she became
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...
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References
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Living people
1973 births
21st-century women politicians
Female foreign ministers
Ministers of foreign affairs of Guinea-Bissau
Members of the National People's Assembly (Guinea-Bissau)
People from Bafatá region
Women government ministers of Guinea-Bissau