Carlos dos Santos (diplomat)

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Carlos dos Santos (born July 8, 1961 in Manhiça ) is a Mozambican diplomat .

Life

He grew up in an agricultural community and attended a Catholic mission school. At the age of 19 he joined a training program at the Mozambican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1980 to 1982 he worked at the protocol, and until 1984 he worked in the Mozambican mission to the United Nations . From 1984 he worked for five years in the Mozambican embassy in Harare in Zimbabwe as third secretary. There he also attended the University of Zimbabwe , from which he graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in politics, administration and international relations. In 1989 he returned to Zimbabwe and headed the Africa and Middle East Department in the Foreign Ministry until 1991 . He later became head of cabinet for a year. In this role he was involved in the drafting of the General Peace Agreement of Rome that ended the Mozambican civil war . He then became the private secretary of Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano from 1992 to 1995 . He worked as a delegate from Mozambique to the United Nations, the Organization for African Unity , the Movement of the Non-Aligned States and other international organizations.

In 1996 dos Santos became Mozambique's permanent representative to the United Nations. He assumed the role of Secretary General of the Convention on the Prohibition of Landmines, a problem that was particularly significant in Mozambique as a result of the civil war. He also worked to stop the spread of small arms. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Baruch College , New York City . In 2003 he returned to Mozambique and worked as an advisor to President Chissano.

In 2006 he became ambassador to Germany and to the Holy See . From 2011 he represented his country as High Commissioner in the United Kingdom and Ambassador to Ireland . In 2016 he became Mozambican ambassador to the USA .

Dos Santos is married and has two daughters and a son. He speaks English , Portuguese and Xironga .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MOZAMBIQUE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS from May 3, 1996 at www.un.org (English)
  2. ↑ NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MOZAMBIQUE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS from May 3, 1996 at www.un.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Santos, Carlos dos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mozambican diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Manhiça