Afonso Pedro Canga

Afonso Pedro Canga
Canga in 2007
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office
2007 – September 2016
PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos
Preceded byGilberto Buta Lutucuta
Succeeded byMarcos Alexandre Nhunga
Personal details
Born (1959-02-10) February 10, 1959 (age 65)
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]

References

  1. ^ "Agricultura é um sector prioritário - Pedro Canga". Angonoticias (in Portuguese). 8 August 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Afonso Pedro Canga". Angola Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Angola: Ministros da Agricultura e Finanças substituídos" [Angola: Ministers of Agriculture and Finance replaced] (in Portuguese). VOA Portugues. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2023.