Albina Africano Explained

Office:Advisor to the President of the Republic
Term Start:2018
Office1:CEO of Sonangol
Term Start1:1991
Term End1:1993
Successor1:Sebastião de Sousa e Santos
Office2:Minister of Petroleum
Term Start2:1992
Term End2:2002
Predecessor2:João Landoite
Successor2:Desidério Costa
Office3:Minister of Industry
Term End3:2000
Predecessor3:Manuel Duque
Successor3:Joaquim David
Birth Date:3 June 1945
Birth Place:Luanda, Angola
Nationality:Angolan
Party:MPLA

Albina Faria de Assis Pereira Africano best known as Albina Assis (born June 3, 1945 in Luanda, Portuguese Angola) is an Angolan chemist and politician. She has held many positions including Minister of Oil and Industry in the Angolan government, Special Advisor to the President for Regional Affairs, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sonangol.

Early life

Albina Assis Africano was born on 3 June 1945 in Luanda, at that time the capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola. Africano graduated from the Instituto Industrial in Luanda in 1967.[1]

In 1972, three years before Angola became independent in 1975, Africano began to study in Luanda. She received her undergraduate B.A. in Chemistry at Agostinho Neto University in 1982. She specialized in the sciences of oil production, including study or internships in Antwerp (1984), the Lindsey Institute of Oil Sciences in France (1987), and the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Oxford (1989) in the United Kingdom.[1]

Career

In addition to her studies, Africano worked as a teacher (1968-1975). After independence in 1975, she became Angola's director of Chemical Analysis at the National Laboratory of Chemical Analysis, where she remained until 1983.[1]

Africano then joined Fina Petroleum, Angola Refinery (Fina-Angola), where she worked for two years as a chemist before being promoted to Deputy Director of the Fina Refinery Department at Angola (1985-1991). From 1991 to December 1992 August she was chairman of the board of the state oil company, Sonangol. In 1992 Angola held its first multiparty elections, and Africano joined the government, where she headed the oil business until 1999.[1]

She is a long-time member of MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola). She served in the government as Minister of Petroleum and Minister of Industry, before becoming a Special Advisor to the President for Regional Affairs.[2] [3]

She served as the Commissioner General of the Angola Pavilion at the 2015 World Expo in Milan,[4] and was elected the Chair Person of the Steering Committee of the College of Commissioner Generals of Expo Milan 2015.[5] [6] [7] She is also President of the Food Bank of Angola.[4]

Awards

In 2015 Albina Africano received the Prémio Feminina - a prize for Portuguese-speaking women of outstanding achievement. The award is awarded by Matriz Portuguesa.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prémio Femina 2015: Notáveis Mulheres Portuguesas e da Lusofonia Agraciadas. Matriz Portuguesa. 2015. 2016-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510105901/http://www.matriz-portuguesa.pt/IMAGENS/FEMINA/FEMINA_2015/AGRACIADAS_FEMINA_2015.pdf. 2017-05-10. dead.
  2. Web site: Implementing democracy, gaining political stability and guaranteeing human rights. 14 October 2016. World Report International Ltd..
  3. Web site: Sofia. Christensen. Women for Expo – Albina Assis Pereira Africano: Angola shines a light on women for Expo 2015. Afroline: The Voice of Africa. 14 October 2016. 18 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204525/http://www.afronline.org/?p=36845. dead.
  4. Web site: The Angolan Pavilion hosts session on the Right to Food. https://web.archive.org/web/20160403001118/http://en.expoangola.com/the-angolan-pavilion-hosts-session-on-the-right-to-food/. dead. 3 April 2016. Angola in Expo Milano 2015. 14 October 2016.
  5. Thought for food: Angola at Milan Expo. Universe. 2015. 46. 10–12. 14 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204658/http://www.sonangol.co.ao/Portugu%C3%AAs/Documents/SU46.pdf. 18 October 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: ANGOLA PROTAGONIST AT EXPO 2015. Expo Angola. 14 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201559/http://www.expo4business.com/c/74663/13624/angola-protagonist-at-expo-2015.html. 5 January 2019. dead.
  7. Web site: A new step in the run-up to Expo Milan 2015. 14 October 2016. Bureau Internationale des Expositions. December 5, 2015.
  8. Web site: A força da mulher lusófona: conheça os nomes destacados no Prêmio Femina 2015. Conexão Lusófona. 14 October 2016.