Maria Veloso
Maria Veloso | |
|---|---|
| Member of the People's Assembly | |
| In office 1977– | |
| Constituency | Maputo City |
Maria Teresa Veloso was a Mozambican civil servant and politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Biography
[edit]An employee of the Ministry of Education,[1] Veloso was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,[2] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[3] She was re-elected in 1986 from Maputo City as a representative of APIE.[4] She later worked for the National Institute for the Development of Education.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Allen Isaacman and & Barbara Isaacman (1983) Mozambique: From Colonialism to Revolution, 1900–1982 p201
- ^ Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p43
- ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267
- ^ 4.° Suplemento Boletim da República, 22 September 1987
- ^ Manual do Monitor (parte 2) SIL