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Electricidade de Moçambique, E.P. (EDM-E.P. or simply EDM) is a
state-owned State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to ...
energy company of
Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...
, 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. It was established when the country gained independence from Portugal in June ...
led by the
FRELIMO FRELIMO (; from , ) is a democratic socialist political party in Mozambique. It has governed the country since its independence from Portugal in 1975. Founded in 1962, FRELIMO began as a nationalist movement fighting for the self-determination ...
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-...)


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* Electric power companies of Mozambique {{Mozambique-stub