Filipe Jacinto Nyusi is a Mozambican politician serving as the fourth President of Mozambique since 2015.
22 Facts About Filipe Nyusi
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Filipe Nyusi is the current leader of FRELIMO, the party that has governed Mozambique since its independence from Portugal in 1975.
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Filipe Nyusi served as the Minister of Defense from 2008 to 2014 under Armando Guebuza.
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Filipe Nyusi won the 2014 and 2019 Mozambican presidential elections as the candidate of FRELIMO.
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Filipe Nyusi was born in Namau in Mueda District, Cabo Delgado Province, belonging to the Makonde ethnic group.
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Filipe Nyusi pursued his secondary education at the FRELIMO school at Mariri in Cabo Delgado and at Samora Machel Secondary School in Beira.
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Filipe Nyusi became the executive director of CFM-Norte, the northern division of the company, in 1995.
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Filipe Nyusi joined the company's board of directors in 2007.
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From 1993 to 2002, Filipe Nyusi served as the President of Clube Ferroviario de Nampula, a top-division football club based in Nampula.
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Filipe Nyusi is a lecturer at the Nampula campus of the Universidade Pedagogica, a fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative, and a member of the National Committee of Fighters of the National Liberation Struggle.
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Filipe Nyusi received further training in management in India, South Africa, Eswatini, and the United States.
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Filipe Nyusi took office as Minister of Defence on 27 March 2008, succeeding Tobias Joaquim Dai.
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Filipe Nyusi's appointment came almost exactly one year after the fire.
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In September 2012, Filipe Nyusi was elected to the Central Committee of FRELIMO, the ruling party, at its 10th congress.
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Filipe Nyusi was inaugurated for his first term as the fourth president of Mozambique on 15 January 2015, and for his second term on 15 January 2020.
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Several assassination attempts, believed to be ordered by the Filipe Nyusi government, were made against the historical leader of opposition party RENAMO, Afonso Dhlakama, who demanded governorship in six provinces he and his party RENAMO had won in the 2014 general election.
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President Filipe Nyusi's efforts culminated in the signing of the Maputo Accord for Peace and National Reconciliation in August 2019.
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Filipe Nyusi is accused of corruption related to illegal loans that caused an economic crisis in Mozambique.
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Privinvest, in their defense, alleged that Filipe Nyusi had received payments as campaign contributions.
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Armando Guebuza, President of Mozambique during the time of the alleged incident, stated during a hearing with attorney general Ana Sheila Marrengula on 30 September 2020 that Filipe Nyusi should be arrested to better clarify the loans because the money from the loans that went to Ematum and MAM was intended to guarantee the defense and security of the country, and Filipe Nyusi was the Minister of Defense at the time.
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Filipe Nyusi's government has been accused of using death squads to assassinate individuals in opposition to the Mozambican government.
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Filipe Nyusi is married to Isaura Nyusi and has four children, Jacinto, Florindo, Claudia and Angelino.