Filipe Nhussi

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Filipe Jacinto Nhussi (born 1958 or 1959) is an engineer and the current defence minister of Mozambique.

Biography

Born in Namau in Mueda District, Cabo Delgado Province, Nhussi studied mechanical engineering in Czechoslovakia and management at the University of Manchester in England.cite news
title = Filipe Nhussi toma hoje posse como Ministro da Defesa
url = http://www.imensis.co.mz/news/anmviewer.asp?a=12036
work = Imensis
date = 2008-03-26
accessdate = 2008-04-20 pt icon] He received further training in management in India, South Africa, Swaziland, and the United States.cite news
title = Filipe Nhussi
work = The Indian Ocean Newsletter
date = 2008-03-29 ]

Prior to his appointment to the cabinet by President Armando Guebuza, Nhussi worked for the state-owned Mozambique Ports and Railways authority (CMF). He became executive director of "CMF-Norte", the northern division of the company, in 1995, [cite news
title = Mozambique; Train Crash Caused By Negligence
work = allAfrica.com
date = 2002-10-05 ] [cite encyclopedia
encyclopedia = Africa South of the Sahara
title = Mozambique
url = http://books.google.ca/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC&pg=PA766&dq=%22Filipe+Nhussi%22&sig=qobJ3pFtV4wDZN_d8CrzFQUfPEM
accessdate = 2008-04-18
edition = 33rd edition
year = 2003
publisher = Europa Publications
location =
pages = 741–68
isbn = 978-1-85743-183-4 ] and joined the company's board of directors in 2007.cite news
title = Mozambique: Guebuza Sacks Defence Minister
url = http://allafrica.com/stories/200803260897.html
work = allAfrica.com
date = 2008-03-26
accessdate = 2008-04-18 ]

From 1993 to 2002, Nhussi served as President of Clube Ferroviário de Nampula,cite web
url = http://www.africaleadership.net/fellows/mozambique.htm
title = List of Fellows
accessdate = 2008-04-20
work = Africa Leadership Initiative
publisher = TechnoServe ] a top-division football club based in Nampula. He is also a lecturer at the Nampula campus of the Universidade Pedagógica, a fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative, and a member of the National Committee of Fighters of the National Liberation Struggle ( _pt. Comité Nacional dos Combatentes da Luta de Libertação Nacional).

Ministry appointment

Nhussi assumed public office on March 27, 2008, succeeding Tobias Joaquim Dai. [cite news
title = Mozambique: New Ministers Sworn in
url = http://allafrica.com/stories/200803271044.html
work = allAfrica.com
date = 2008-03-27
accessdate = 2008-04-18 ] Nhussi's appointment came almost exactly one year after a fire and resulting explosions of munitions at the Malhazine armoury in Maputo killed more than 100 people and destroyed 14,000 homes. A government-appointed investigative commission concluded that negligence played a role in the disaster, and Dai "was blamed by many for failing to act on time to prevent the loss of life". [cite news
title = Mozambique defence minister axed a year after arms depot tragedy
url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mozambique+defence+minister+axed+a+year+after+arms+depot+tragedy+-a01610947762
work = International News Service
date = 2008-03-26
accessdate = 2008-04-23 ] Although no official reason was given for Dai's removal, it may have been a "delayed reaction" to the Malhazine disaster.

See also

* Military of Mozambique

References