Esperança Bias (born 28 July 1958[1]) is a Mozambican politician. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Economy at the Eduardo Mondlane University.[2] From 1999 to 2005, she served as the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources (beginning in 1999).[3] From 2005 to 2015, she served as Mozambique's Minister of Mineral Resources.[2] In 2015, incoming president Filipe Nyusi replaced her with Pedro Conceição Couto.[4]

Esperança Bias
Bias in 2022
President of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
13 January 2020  13 January 2025
Preceded byVerónica Macamo
Succeeded byMargarida Talapa
Personal details
BornEsperança Laurinda Francisco Nhiuane Bias
(1958-07-28) 28 July 1958 (age 67)
PartyFRELIMO

In February 2016, she was elected to the Secretariat of Mozambique's FRELIMO party as Secretary for Administration and Finance.[5][6]

She was Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic from January 2020 to January 2025.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Mozambique | Assembly of the Republic". IPU Parline: global data on national parliaments. Inter-Parliamentary Union.
  2. 1 2 "Experts in the Field". The Business Year. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  3. "Mozambique News Agency – AIM Reports". www.poptel.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  4. "Mining Weekly – Incoming Mozambique President reorganises government". www.miningweekly.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  5. "Mozambique: New Members Elected to Frelimo Secretariat". Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo). 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  6. "Mozambique: New Spokesperson for Frelimo". Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo). 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2017-07-08.