H.E. Mr. Geraldo Saranga

H.E. Mr. Geraldo Saranga

I. PERSONAL DETAILS
§ Name: Geraldo Gonçalves Miguel Saranga
§ Nationality: Mozambican
§ Date of Birth: 23rd March, 1965
§ Place of Birth: Inhambane/Mozambique
§ Civil Status: Married.

II. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
§ Post-Graduation in External and Economic Policy of Brazil by the University of Brazil (UnB), in November 2013.
§ Master’s Degree in Diplomatic Studies by the Diplomatic Academy of London of Westminster University, London, in 2002.
§ Degree in Law by the Eduardo Mondlane University, in Maputo.
§ Certificate in Translation/Interpretation English –Portuguese and vice-versa by the Polytechnic of Central London, Westminster University, in 1987.

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
§ Civil Servant since 1986.
§ Appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other International Organizations, in May 2024.
§ Appointed Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of Mozambique to the Swiss Confederation, in July 2024.
§ Minister-Plenipotentiary in the Diplomatic Carrier.
§ Director of Legal and Consular Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation (MINEC), from April, 2019 to March, 2024
§ Spokesperson of the MINEC from 2019 to 2021.
§ Focal Point for IDAI&KENNETH Emergency at MINEC.
§ Consul-General of Mozambique, in Lisbon, from 2014 to 2018.
§ Secretary-General of the Constitutional Council of Mozambique from 2005 to 2011.
§ University Lecturer of International Public Law and Political Science and Constitutional Law at the Higher Institute for Science and Technology of Mozambique (ISCTEM), at Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), at São Tomás University of Mozambique (USTM) and at the Diplomatic Academy of Joaquim Chissano University (ED/UJC) from 2005 to September 2011 and from 2018 to May, 2024, respectively.
§ Chief of Staff (Head of the Minister’s Office) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from February to September 2005.
§ Deputy-Director for Legal and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, from February 2002 to September 2005.
§ Freelance Portuguese-English-Portuguese Translator and Conference Interpreter since 1987.

IV. LANGUAGES
ü Fluent in Portuguese and English (written and spoken)
ü Reasonable understanding of Spanish, French and Arabic.

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    Permanent Mission of Mozambique
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    Ambassador
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