José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos is an

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n politician. He was the Minister of Petroleum.

Career

Vasconcelos was Minister of Petroleum from 1999 to 2002. In the latter year, he was replaced as Minister of Petroleum by

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and was instead appointed as Minister of Energy and Water. Following the September 2008 parliamentary election, Vasconcelos was again appointed as Minister of Petroleum on October 1, 2008."Presidente da República nomeia novos membros do Governo"
Angola Press, 1 October 2008 . He was designated as President of the OPEC for 2009.

References

Living people Petroleum ministers of Angola Energy and water ministers of Angola People named in the Panama Papers 1950 births {{Angola-politician-stub