The IX Conference of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP ( pt, IX Conferência de Chefes de Estado e de Governo da CPLP), commonly known as the 9th CPLP Summit (''IX Cimeira da CPLP'') was the 9th biennial meeting of heads of state and heads of government of the

Community of Portuguese Language Countries The Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( Portuguese: ''Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa''; abbreviated as the CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth (''Comunidade Lusófona''), is an international organization and pol ...

, held in

Maputo Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,0 ...

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 ...

, on 13-20 July 2012.IX Conferência de Chefes de Estado e de Governo da CPLP
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Outcome

The theme of the 9th CPLP Summit was "Nutritional and Alimentary Security and the CPLP", centered on the importance of

food security Food security speaks to the availability of food in a country (or geography) and the ability of individuals within that country (geography) to access, afford, and source adequate foodstuffs. According to the United Nations' Committee on World ...

and

nutrition Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient ...

Executive Secretary

Mozambican diplomat

Murade Isaac Murargy Murade Isaac Murargy (born 10 May 1946) is a Mozambican statesman who served as the Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, from 2012 to 2017. Career Murargy was previously the Mozambican ambassador to France, Br ...

was elected as the

Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries The Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( pt, Secretário Executivo da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) is the executive head and highest representative of the Community of Portuguese Language Count ...

, succeeding

Domingos Simões Pereira Domingos Simões Pereira (born 20 October 1963) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to August 2015. He previously served as Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, also k ...

, former

Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau This article lists the prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of prime minister in 1973. Since Guinea-Bissau's declaration of independence from Portugal on 24 September 1974, there have been twenty prime ministe ...

, in the position.

References

External links

CPLP Summits official site
{{CPLP CPLP Summits Foreign relations of Mozambique 21st century in Maputo