Carolina Cerqueira
Carolina Cerqueira is an Angolan politician. She is a former State Minister for Social Affairs and a member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola. Since November 2022, she has been the first female President of the National Assembly. Cerqueira was born in Caculo Cabaça in the municipality of Banga in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola.
Carolina Cerqueira | |
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Cerqueira in 2022 | |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 15 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos |
| Angola State Minister for Social Affairs | |
| In office 2019–2022 | |
| Minister of Culture of Angola | |
| In office 2016–2019 | |
| Minister of Social Communication of Angola | |
| In office 2010–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Rabelais |
| Succeeded by | José Luís de Matos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 20, 1956 Caculo Cabaça, Banga, Cuanza Norte |
She completed her master's degree in Political Sciences Law at Agostinho Neto University in 2008. She served as the Vice President of the Pan African Women 's Organization for Southern Africa between 2013 and 2016, she was the Vice President Parliamentary Group of MPLA 2008-2010, she was elected as the Deputy to the National Assembly during 2012-16, she was a Member of the Permanent Committee, and she was a Member of the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. She was a member of the Executive Committee and the Sustainable Development Committee, Finance and Trade of the World Inter - Parliamentary Union in 2015.
Cerqueira is recognized internationally for her veteran effort for 30 years in promoting democracy, women's rights, and peace promotion. She was an election observer in the first multiparty elections in Namibia and South Africa. She is acclaimed for her diplomatic handling of the formula of the Statute of Journalists Act, promoting a broad national debate, and effectively handling press and media.