Leonardo Simão (born 5 June 1953) is a Mozambican politician. Simão joined 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 first ...

government in 1982 as the Director of Health in Zambezia. In 1986, he became the Minister of Health, remaining in that role until the 1994 election when he was elected to parliament. In December 1994, Simão became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique under

Joaquim Chissano Joaquim Alberto Chissano (born 22 October 1939) is a politician who served as the second President of Mozambique, from 1986 to 2005. He is credited with transforming the war-torn country of Mozambique into one of the most successful African demo ...

, until February 2005 when

Armando Guebuza Armando Emílio Guebuza (born 20 January 1943) is a Mozambican politician who was the third President of Mozambique from 2005 to 2015. Career Guebuza, born at Murrupula in Nampula Province, joined the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) at t ...

, also of FRELIMO, became

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, replacing Simão with Oldemiro Baloi.

Sources

Leonardo Simão on Africa Database
1953 births Living people Foreign ministers of Mozambique Government ministers of Mozambique FRELIMO politicians Recipients of the Eduardo Mondlane Order {{Mozambique-politician-stub