Maria Mambo Café

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Maria Mambo Café (born February 6, 1945 in Cabinda , Portuguese Congo ; † December 1, 2013 in Lisbon , Portugal ) was an Angolan economist and politician ( MPLA ).

Maria Mambo Café was born in the oil-rich province of Cabinda, which is now an exclave to Angola's national territory. After finishing school, Café studied economics in the Soviet Union . She graduated in 1968.

After their return, Café became involved in the Angolan liberation movement Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA). Until the independence of Angola in 1975, it had its headquarters in Kinshasa (Dem. Republic of the Congo). There she took on various tasks for the MPLA. She was also present in 1974/75 at the negotiations between the liberation organizations MPLA, FNLA and Unita and signed them for the organization on January 15, 1975 (" Alvor Convention ").

After Angola's independence, Café devoted itself primarily to Angolan politics and served the state in numerous different offices. Café was regarded as a loyal MPLA member who, as the MPLA's Politburo put it, “dedicated itself entirely to the Angolan cause”. 1977-78 she took over the post of Deputy Minister of Commerce. Between 1982 and 1986 she headed the department for social affairs. In 1986 she was promoted to Vice Prime Minister and also took over the department for economic affairs. In 1990, Café briefly managed the controversial Cabinda exclave as governor before she left that position in the same year.

According to media reports, she was one of the 100 richest Angolans with a fortune of more than 100 million US dollars until her death. Among other things, she was a member of various supervisory bodies of state and private companies in Angola. a. she chaired the shareholders' meeting of Bank BCI. The media also reported on spontaneous loans amounting to 10 million US dollars in favor of cafes of the Banco Espírito Santo Angola .

Café died at the age of 68 in Lisbon, Portugal. She was buried in the Alto das Cruzes cemetery in Luanda, Angola. In honor of the cafés, the new Cabinda airport is to be named “Maria Mambo Café Airport”.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kumuênho da Rosa: Último adeus a Maria Mambo Café. In: Jornal de Angola. December 7, 2013, accessed September 7, 2016 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Morreu Maria Mambo Café. In: ANGONOTÍCIAS. December 3, 2013, accessed September 7, 2016 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Angola: Os 50 angolanos mais ricos em Angola, onde Lopo do Nascimento aparece em terceiro lugar com mais de 100 milhões de dólares. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 26, 2016 ; accessed on September 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tudonumclick.com
  4. ↑ Banco Nacional de Angola - Supervisão - INSTITUIÇÕES FINANCEIRAS AUTORIZADAS. In: www.bna.ao. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
  5. ↑ BCI - Banco de Comércio e Indústria: Banco de Comércio e Indústria. In: www.bci.ao. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Angola: Receio que Ghassist some “o bom nome” do MPLA. In: africaminhamami.blogspot.de. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Irmã do presidente terá recebido empréstimo de USD 800 milhões - Rede Angola - Notícias independentes sobre Angola. In: Rede Angola. February 13, 2015, accessed September 7, 2016 (Portuguese).
  8. ↑ Cabinda: "Maria Mambo Café" airport expansion project presented. Agência Angola Press, June 2, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Café, Maria Mambo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Angolan economist and politician (MPLA)
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Cabinda , Portuguese Congo
DATE OF DEATH December 1st, 2013
Place of death Lisbon , Portugal