Brito Sozinho Explained

Brito Sozinho
Office:Ambassador of Angola to Mozambique
Term Start:2014
Predecessor:Isaías Jaime Vilinga
Office1:Ambassador of Angola to Nigeria
Term Start1:1987
Term End1:2000
Predecessor1:Armindo Vieira
Successor1:Evaristo Domingos Kimba
Office2:Ambassador of Angola to Tanzania
Term Start2:2000
Term End2:2006
Predecessor2:José Agostinho Neto
Successor2:Ambrósio Lukoki
Office3:Ambassador of Angola to Guinea-Bissau
Term Start3:2006
Term End3:2011
Office4:Ambassador of Angola to Sweden
Term Start4:2011
Term End4:2014
Predecessor4:Domingos Culolo
Successor4:Isaías Jaime Vilinga
Birthname:Brito António Sozinho
Nationality:Angolan
Party:MPLA

Brito António Sozinho is an Angolan diplomat. He is currently the ambassador to Mozambique, Swaziland, Malawi and Madagascar. Sozinho previously served as the ambassador to Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Seychelles, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Sweden.[1]

Sozinho was a part of the liberation struggle in Angola, and is a very influential diplomat in the Ministry of External Relation in Angola. He is one of wealthiest Angolans and has earned a stake in the country's highly lucrative oil industry.[2]

During his time as Angola's representative to Guinea-Bissau, Sozinho was given the National Order of Merit of Co-operation and Development, which is Guinea-Bissau's highest award.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007. Guinea-Bissau: Angolan Ambassador Accredited. 2007-11-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223106/http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=499634. 2007-09-26.
  2. Reed, Kristin. Crude Existence: Environment and the Politics of Oil in Northern Angola. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2009, p. 32
  3. News: West Africa: Ambassador Brito Sozinho Distinguished in Guinea Bissau - allAfrica.com. AllAfrica.com. 4 May 2017.