Family Name: NHIUANE BIAS
Name: Esperança Laurinda Francisco
Birth Date: 28.07.1958
Place of birth: Ilha de Moçambique - Nampula Province
Marital Status: Married
Number of Children: Two (02) daughters
CURRENT FUNCTIONS
- Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, since 13.01.2020;
- Member of Parliament of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique since 2015.
PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS
- Chairperson of the Planning and Budget Committee of the Parliament of Mozambique from 2018 to 2019;
- Deputy Chairperson of the Planning and Budget Committee of the Parliament of Mozambique from 2015 to 2018;
- Minister of Mineral Resources of Mozambique from 2005 to 2014;
- Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy from 2000 to 2005;
- Director of Economy at the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy from 1998 to 2000;
- Deputy Director of Economy at the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy from 1995 to 1998;
- Deputy Director for the Coal Programme Office at the Ministry of Mineral Resources from 1992 to 1995;
- Managing Director of Gemas e Pedras Lapidadas de Moçambique Company from 1990 to 1991;
- Head of Department of Planning and Finance, at Gemas e Pedras Lapidadas de Moçambique Company from 1984 - 1987;
- Head of Department of Planning at National Mining Company from 1983 to 1984;
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Graduate in Economics by Eduardo Mondlane University
PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITES
- Member of the Board of Directors of Fundo de Fomento Mineiro - Mining Promotion Fund from 1988 to 2000;
- Clerk at Banco Standard Totta de Moçambique from 1976 to 1980;
- Honorary Member of the Organização dos Continuadores de Moçambique - Mozambique Continuators Organization;
- Member of the Mozambican Association of Economists.
POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT
- Member of the Political Bureau of the FRELIMO Party from 2012 to 2017;
- Secretary to the FRELIMO Central Committee from 2016 to 2017;
- Member of the Mozambican Women's Organization.
