Marcolino José Carlos Moco (Chitue, Ekunha, June 19, 1953) is an

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n politician. He was the 3rd

Prime Minister of Angola The prime minister of Angola was a high government official in Angola re-established by Angola's 1992 constitution with limited powers as head of government. Along with the rest of the Council of Ministers, the prime minister was appointed by ...

from December 2, 1992, until June 3, 1996."Do something" ''The Economist'' (London); Jun 8, 1996; p. 45 He served as the first

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 ...

, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth.

Career

Moco was fired from his role by President

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. Santos removed the entire cabinet alongside the Governor of the central bank in a bid to be seen as decisive. Moco was a member of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party of the President, which had been the ruling party until 1991, shortly before Moco became Prime Minister (with an interlude by a government of national unity, after which the MPLA again became the ruling party until the present).

CPLP

In July 1996, Moco became the first Executive Secretary 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 ...

, a new international organization which

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and most of its former colonies, including Angola, joined. Moco's term as Executive Secretary ended in 2000.

Personal life

Moco's eldest son is Chilala Moco, a photographer based in Angola and

References

Executive Secretaries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries 1953 births Living people People from Huambo Province Governors of Bié Governors of Huambo Prime Ministers of Angola Youth and Sports ministers of Angola MPLA politicians {{Angola-politician-stub