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Filipe Nyusi
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Nyusi in 2023
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| 4th President of Mozambique | |
| In office 15 January 2015 – 15 January 2025 |
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| Prime Minister | Alberto Vaquina Carlos Agostinho do Rosário Adriano Maleiane |
| Preceded by | Armando Guebuza |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Chapo |
| Chairman of Southern African Development Community | |
| In office 17 August 2020 – 17 August 2022 |
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| Preceded by | John Magufuli |
| Succeeded by | Félix Tshisekedi |
| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 27 March 2008 – 14 March 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Tobias Joaquim Dai |
| Succeeded by | Agostinho Mondlane |
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| Born | 9 February 1959 Mueda, Portuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique) |
| Political party | FRELIMO |
| Spouse | Isaura Nyusi |
| Children | 4 |
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| Profession | Mechanical engineer |
Filipe Jacinto Nyusi ( born 9 February 1959) is a Mozambican politician who was the fourth president of Mozambique from 2015 to 2025. He has also served as the Chairman of the Southern African Development Community from 2020 to 2022. During his time in office, President Nyusi has promoted peace and security, and signed multiple agreements with the main opposition parties, RENAMO, to bring a definitive and lasting peace to Mozambique.
Early life and career
Nyusi was born in Namau in Mueda District, Cabo Delgado Province, belonging to the Makonde ethnic group. Both his parents were veterans of the liberation movement, FRELIMO. At the start of the Mozambican War of Independence, he was taken across the Ruvuma River to neighboring Tanzania, where he was educated at FRELIMO Primary School in Tunduru. He pursued his secondary education at the FRELIMO school at Mariri in Cabo Delgado and Samora Machel Secondary School in Beira.
In 1973, aged 14, he joined FRELIMO and received political and military training at Nachingwea in Tanzania. In 1990, he completed his mechanical engineering degree at Antonín Zápotocký Military Academy (VAAZ) in Brno, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic's University of Defense.
Before his appointment to the cabinet by President Armando Guebuza, Nyusi worked for the state-owned Mozambique Ports and Railways Authority (CFM). He became the executive director of CFM-Norte, the northern division of the company, in 1995. He joined the company's board of directors in 2007.
From 1993 to 2002, Nyusi served as the President of Clube Ferroviário de Nampula, a top-division football club based in Nampula. He is also a lecturer at the Nampula campus of the Universidade Pedagógica, a fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative, and a member of the National Committee of Fighters of the National Liberation Struggle (Portuguese: Comité Nacional dos Combatentes da Luta de Libertação Nacional). He received further training in management in India, South Africa, Eswatini, and the United States.
Political career
Nyusi served as the Minister of Defense from 2008 to 2014 under Armando Guebuza. He won the 2014 and 2019 Mozambican presidential elections as the candidate of FRELIMO.
Presidency (2015–2025)
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During his time in office from 2015 to 2018, the poverty reduction trend observed between 2009–11 and 2015 reversed direction; the number of multidimensionally poor people increased from about 21.3 to about 22.2 million people from 2015 to 2018, with the extra million poor people mainly located in rural areas of the central provinces.
Since March 2015, at least 10 high-profile figures have been killed in Mozambique. These include leaders of opposition parties, journalists, and academics.
Nyusi's time in office has been marked by the escalation of the war in Mozambique's central and northern regions. The FRELIMO government has been described as authoritarian by The Economist Intelligence Unit, Monjane et al., and Manning et al.
Personal life
Nyusi is a member of the Makonde ethnic community. He is married to Isaura Nyusi and has four children, Jacinto, Florindo, Claudia and Angelino.
On 3 January 2022, it was announced Nyusi and his wife were in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.
See also
In Spanish: Filipe Nyusi para niños
