Filipe Nhussi

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Filipe Nhussi
Filipe Nhussi
Minister of National Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 
March 27, 2008
Preceded by Tobias Joaquim Dai
Nationality Mozambican
Profession Engineer

Filipe Jacinto Nhussi (born 1958 or 1959)[1] is an engineer and the current defence minister of Mozambique.

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[edit] Biography

Born in Namau in Mueda District, Cabo Delgado Province, Nhussi studied mechanical engineering in Czechoslovakia and management at the University of Manchester in England.[2] He received further training in management in India, South Africa, Swaziland, and the United States.[3]

Prior to his appointment to the cabinet by President Armando Guebuza, Nhussi worked for the state-owned Mozambique Ports and Railways authority (CMF). He became executive director of CMF-Norte, the northern division of the company, in 1995,[4][5] and joined the company's board of directors in 2007.[1]

From 1993 to 2002, Nhussi served as President of Clube Ferroviário de Nampula,[6] a top-division football club based in Nampula. He is also a lecturer at the Nampula campus of the Universidade Pedagógica,[3] a fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative,[6] and a member of the National Committee of Fighters of the National Liberation Struggle (Portuguese: Comité Nacional dos Combatentes da Luta de Libertação Nacional).[2]

[edit] Ministry appointment

Nhussi assumed public office on March 27, 2008, succeeding Tobias Joaquim Dai.[7] Nhussi's appointment came almost exactly one year after a fire and resulting explosions of munitions at the Malhazine armoury in Maputo killed more than 100 people and destroyed 14,000 homes. A government-appointed investigative commission concluded that negligence played a role in the disaster, and Dai "was blamed by many for failing to act on time to prevent the loss of life".[8] Although no official reason was given for Dai's removal, it may have been a "delayed reaction" to the Malhazine disaster.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Mozambique: Guebuza Sacks Defence Minister", allAfrica.com, 2008-03-26. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 
  2. ^ a b "Filipe Nhussi toma hoje posse como Ministro da Defesa", Imensis, 2008-03-26. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. (Portuguese)
  3. ^ a b "Filipe Nhussi", The Indian Ocean Newsletter, 2008-03-29. 
  4. ^ "Mozambique; Train Crash Caused By Negligence", allAfrica.com, 2002-10-05. 
  5. ^ "Mozambique". Africa South of the Sahara (33rd edition). (2003). Europa Publications. 741–68. ISBN 978-1-85743-183-4. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 
  6. ^ a b List of Fellows. Africa Leadership Initiative. TechnoServe. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  7. ^ "Mozambique: New Ministers Sworn in", allAfrica.com, 2008-03-27. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 
  8. ^ "Mozambique defence minister axed a year after arms depot tragedy", International News Service, 2008-03-26. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.