The Political Bureau of the ruling MPLA party’s Central Committee considered the death of the former minister of Planning, Emmanuel Carneiro, occurred on Tuesday in Lisbon (Portugal), a “loss of an eminent figure”.
In a message of condolences, MPLA mourns the death of the former Angolan official, “bows to the memory of the deceased and addresses the deepest condolences to the bereaved family”.
A member of the Government of Angola from 1991 to 1999, Emmanuel Carneiro successively served as deputy minister for planning, minister of plan, minister for commerce, minister for finance and minister for planning.
After completing his mission in the Government, the document says, he devoted himself, from 2003 to 2007, to teaching at the Catholic Universities of Angola and Lusíada (Luanda).
In 2015 he served as director-general of the Higher Institute of Social Sciences and International Relations, in Luanda.
Graduated in Economics from Universidade Agostinho Neto, Emmanuel Carneiro graduated, at master’s level, in the specialty of African Studies, at the Higher Institute of Sciences and Technologies in Lisbon, Portugal.
The path of Emmanuel Carneiro’s life was also marked by the publication of the works “Rendição Rendeira na África Sub-sahariana” – an approach through political economy”, and “África Sub-sahariana, Meio Século Depois”.
Source: Angola Press News Agency