New Permanent Representative of Angola Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Ana Maria de Oliveira, the new Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. de Oliveira had been serving as Permanent Delegate of Angola to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization since 2020.  Before that, she held a variety of posts, including as Consultant to the President (2018 to 2020); Deputy in the National Assembly (1992 to 2012); Minister of Culture (1994 to 1999); General Commissioner at Expo98 in Lisbon (1998); and Vice Minister of Culture (1993 to 1994).

Ms. de Oliveira has represented Angola in numerous United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization conferences and various international initiatives.

She holds a degree in anthropology from the Nova University in Lisbon, Portugal, and a diploma in African religions from the Catholic University of Lisbon.  She is in the process of obtaining a doctorate from Western Cape University in South Africa and has trained as a social educator at the Institute of Education and Social Services in Pio XII Luanda.  Ms. de Oliveira has also published several anthropological and cultural works and is a member of a number of anthropological associations.

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