| Manuel de Araújo | |
| Birth Date: | 11 October 1970 |
| Office: | Mayor of Quelimane |
| Term Start: | 2011 |
| Office2: | Member of the Assembly of the Republic |
| Term Start2: | 2004 |
| Term End2: | 2009 |
| Constituency2: | Zambezia Province |
| Party: | RENAMO (?–2009, 2018-present) |
| Otherparty: | Democratic Movement of Mozambique (2011–2018) |
Manuel A. Alculete Lopes de Araújo (born 11 October 1970) is a Mozambican politician who has been Mayor of Quelimane since December 2011.[1] [2]
In 2011, de Araújo ran as the RENAMO candidate in municipal elections in Quelimane, defeating the FRELIMO candidate with 62.27% of the vote. In a subsequent election in 2013, the FRELIMO candidate was named as the winner; however, after allegations of voter fraud were raised, an investigation subsequently determined that de Araújo had won the election wad remained the Mayor of Quelimane.[3]
During the 2023 municipal elections, de Araújo was arbitrarily detained by police officers after visiting polling stations, with the police accusing him of "disturbing" the vote-counting process. He was released a few hours later without charge.[4] [5]