Maria Veloso
Member of the People's Assembly
In office
1977–
ConstituencyMaputo City

Maria Teresa Veloso was a Mozambican civil servant and politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.

Biography

An employee of the Ministry of Education,[1] Veloso was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,[2] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[3] She was re-elected in 1986 from Maputo City as a representative of APIE.[4] She later worked for the National Institute for the Development of Education.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Allen Isaacman and & Barbara Isaacman (1983) Mozambique: From Colonialism to Revolution, 1900–1982 p201
  2. ↑ Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p43
  3. ↑ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267
  4. ↑ 4.° Suplemento Boletim da República, 22 September 1987
  5. ↑ Manual do Monitor (parte 2) SIL
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