Manuel Pedro Pacavira | |
Office1: | Minister of Agriculture |
Term Start1: | 1976 |
Term End1: | 1981 |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Successor1: | Artur Vidal Gomes |
Office2: | Ambassador of Angola to Cuba |
Term Start2: | 1985 |
Term End2: | 1988 |
Predecessor2: | Mawete João Baptista |
Successor2: | Luís Doukui de Castro |
Office3: | Ambassador of Angola to the UN |
Term Start3: | 1988 |
Term End3: | 1991 |
Predecessor3: | Elísio de Figueiredo |
Successor3: | Afonso Van-Dunem Mbinda |
Office4: | Governor of Cuanza Norte |
Term Start4: | 1991 |
Term End4: | 2004 |
Predecessor4: | Francisco Vieira Dias |
Successor4: | Henrique André Júnior |
Office5: | Ambassador of Angola to Italy |
Term Start5: | 2005 |
Term End5: | 2011 |
Predecessor5: | Pedro Sebastião |
Successor5: | Florêncio Mariano de Almeida |
Birth Date: | 14 October 1939 |
Birth Place: | Golungo Alto, Cuanza Norte, Angola |
Death Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Nationality: | Angolan |
Party: | MPLA |
Manuel Pedro Pacavira (14 October 1939 – 12 September 2016) was the ambassador of Angola to Italy, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD) and the World Food Program.[1] He previously served as Transportation Minister.[2] He succeeded Elísio de Figueiredo as ambassador to the United Nations in 1988, serving until 1991.[3]
Pacavira, born in Cuanza Norte, Angola, studied in Havana, Cuba. He published a book on President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, Jose Eduardo dos Santos - A Life Devoted to the Homeland, in August 2006.[4]