Mário da Graça Machungo

Mário Fernandes da Graça Machungo ( born December 1, 1940 in Maxixe, Inhambane Province) was Prime Minister of Mozambique.

He attended in the 1960s, the Technical University of Lisbon, where he made a degree in economics. He then worked as a clerk in a Lisbon bank. He then as a lecturer at the University of Lourenço Marques, where he quickly made ​​his career. As FRELIMO activist, he was after the departure of the Portuguese in 1975, cabinet minister of his country in various offices. 1975-1976 Minister of Industry and Trade, 1976-1978 Minister of Industry and Energy, 1978-1980 and 1980-1986 Minister of Agriculture Minister of Planning and Development. In 1983 was at the same time governor of the province of Zambezia. From 17 July 1986 to 16 December 1994, he was the Prime Minister of Mozambique. During this time, the formerly Marxist FRELIMO chose the task of the party system and let first time in 1989 for election to other parties. Since 1995 to the present ( 2010), Mário Machungo head of the largest bank in the country, the Millennium bim ( Banco Internacional de Moçambique ).