Electricidade de Moçambique, E.P. (EDM-E.P. or simply EDM) is a
state-owned energy company of
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
, which deals with the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity.
EDM was incorporated in 1995
after the privatization of the state-managed enterprise Electricidade de Moçambique, Empresa Estatal (EDM-E.E.), which had been set up in 1977,
two years after the
independence of Mozambique, by the new government of the
People's Republic of Mozambique
The People's Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: ''República Popular de Moçambique'') was a socialist state that existed in present day Mozambique from 1975 to 1990.
The People's Republic of Mozambique was established when the country gained ...
led by the
FRELIMO
FRELIMO (; from the Portuguese , ) is a democratic socialist political party in Mozambique. It is the dominant party in Mozambique and has won a majority of the seats in the Assembly of the Republic in every election since the country's firs ...
party. In 1977, EDM emerged from the amalgamation of twenty-five separate generation and distribution units geographically dispersed across Mozambique.
List of Directors General (1977-1995) and Presidents of the Board of Administrators (since 1995)
''Director Geral, Electricidade de Moçambique, E.E. (1977-1995)''
* Rui Lousã (1977-1978)
* Fernando Julião (1978-1995)
''Presidente do Conselho de Administração, Electricidade de Moçambique, E.P. (since 1995)''
* Vicente Veloso (1995-2005)
* Manuel Cuambe (2005-2012)
* Augusto de Sousa Fernando (2012-2014)
* Gildo Sibumbe (2014-2015)
* Mateus Magala (2015-2018)
* Aly Sicola Impija (2019-2020)
* Marcelino Gildo Alberto (2020-...)
References
External links
*
Electric power companies of Mozambique
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