Afonso Pedro Canga Explained

Afonso Pedro Canga
Office1:Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Term Start1:2007
Term End1:September 2016
Predecessor1:Gilberto Buta Lutucuta
Successor1:Marcos Alexandre Nhunga
President1:José Eduardo dos Santos
Birth Date:10 February 1959
Birth Place:Angola

Afonso Pedro Canga (born February 10, 1959) is an Angolan politician who served as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry between 2007 and 2016.[1]

Biography

While at school, Canga taught Portuguese at the Regional School of the Ministry of Internal Trade. He completed his degree in agronomy and is an agricultural engineer. He has variously held the roles of General Director and later the Deputy National Director of the Agrarian Development Institute in Angola's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. He was also an engineer in the country's National Cotton Program. Between 1995 and 1999, he served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development before becoming full Minister in 2007.[2] He was replaced by President dos Santos in 2016.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Agricultura é um sector prioritário - Pedro Canga. Angonoticias. 8 August 2014. pt. 11 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Afonso Pedro Canga. Angola Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905010100/http://www.minagri.gov.ao/Institucionais/Perfil.aspx. 5 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Angola: Ministros da Agricultura e Finanças substituídos. Angola: Ministers of Agriculture and Finance replaced. 5 September 2016. VOA Portugues. 24 November 2023. pt.