Manuel de Araújo

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Manuel de Araújo

Manuel de Araújo (born October 11, 1970 in Quelimane , Zambezia Province , Mozambique ) is a Mozambican political and economic scientist and MDM politician . Araújo has been the mayor of the Quelimanes since December 2011.

biography

Academic career

Manuel de Araújo was born on October 11, 1970 in the capital of the province of Zambézia, Quelimane. Araújo attended elementary and secondary school in his hometown. He then moved to the Instituto Superior de Relações Internacionais (ISRI) in Maputo to study international relations. He later also studied at the University of Zimbabwe (near Harare ). He completed his MPS at the University of Fort Hare and his MSc at SOAS in London. Araújo completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia .

At the same time and after his academic career, he taught at various secondary schools and universities in Maputo, including at the Escola Secundária 25 de Setembro , the Escola Secundário Francisco Manyanga , at his alma mater Instituto Superior de Relações Internacionais , at the Instituto Superior de Ciências e Tecnologia de Moçambique (ISCTEM), the Universidade Pedagógica (UP) and the Universidade Politécnica .

Political career

Araújo joined the opposition party RENAMO, which dominated Zambézia, early on. In the parliamentary elections in 2004 he ran for a mandate in the Mozambican parliament ( Assembleia da República ) and was elected to parliament with 89 other candidates. He held the mandate between 2004 and 2009.

In the course of the increasing bipolarization of the political landscape in Mozambique and the structures of the RENAMO, which were sometimes perceived as authoritarian, several party members fell out with the leadership and founded their own party, Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM). Manuel de Araújo also switched from RENAMO to MDM.

In 2011 a by-election of the local elections took place in several Mozambican places, including Araújo's hometown Quelimane. Araújo ran for the office of mayor and was able to leave the FRELIMO candidate far behind with 62.27% compared to 37.72%.

In the local elections in 2013 , the electoral commission initially published results that showed a victory for FRELIMO. Only after several complaints about election fraud were these corrected and Manuel de Araújo officially confirmed as re-elected.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Manuel de Araújo eleito Presidente do Município de Quelimane. December 8, 2011, accessed September 13, 2015 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ “STAE e CNE influenciaram ilicitamente as eleições no Gurué”, diz Araúje. Deutsche Welle, March 19, 2014, accessed on September 13, 2015 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ MDM lidera na Beira e em Quelimane nas autárquicas em Moçambique. Deutsche Welle, November 22, 2013, accessed on September 13, 2015 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Araújo, Manuel de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mozambican political and economic scientist and MDM politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Quelimane , Zambezia Province