Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim

Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim
Monteiro Jardim in 2015
Ambassador of Angola to Albania
Assumed office
4 March 2023
Ambassador of Angola to Malta
Assumed office
27 May 2021
Ambassador of Angola to Italy
In office
21 June 2019 – 7 March 2025
Minister of the Environment
In office
6 September 2008 – 26 August 2017
PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos
In office
3 June 1996 – 6 December 2002
PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos
Prime MinisterFernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem
Minister for Fisheries
In office
27 August 1992 – 6 December 2002
PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos
Prime MinisterMarcolino Moco
Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem
Member of the National Assembly
In office
6 December 2002 – 6 September 2008
Personal details
Born
Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim

Luanda, Portuguese Angola, Portugal
Political partyMPLA
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
OccupationBiologistDiplomatPolitician

Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim is an Angolan politician and diplomat.

She was the Angolan minister for fisheries from 1992 to 1996, in the government of José Eduardo dos Santos,[1] then minister for fisheries and environment from 1996 to 2002. Jardim was member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2008.[2]

From 2008 to 2017 she was appointed minister for the environment.[3] In 2015, she was Angola's climate envoy at COP 21, representing the Least Developed Countries in the negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement.[4]

She was the ambassador of Angola to Italy between 2019 and 2025.[5][6] She is as well ambassador to Malta since 2021[7] and to Albania since 2023.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hunter, Brian. (Ed.) (1995) The Statesman's Year-Book 1995-96. 132nd edition. London: Macmillan. p. 79. ISBN 0333620747
  2. ^ "Biography". Angolan Ministry of Environment (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "Histórico". Angolan Ministry of Environment (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on June 6, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  4. ^ Pashley, Alex (November 25, 2015). "Meet the envoys with a UN climate change deal in their hands". Climate Home News. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  5. ^ "Italia-Angola: Maria de Fatima Monteiro Jardim Domingas nuovo ambasciatore a Roma". Agenzia Nova (in Italian). June 21, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  6. ^ Lusa, Agência de Notícias (March 7, 2025). "João Lourenço exonera Fátima Jardim e nomeia Josefa Sacko como embaixadora na Itália - Jornal O Guardião" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  7. ^ "The Ambassador of the Republic of Angola presents her Letters of Credence to the President of Malta". Government of Malta. February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  8. ^ "Ambassador Fátima Jardim begins duties in Albania". Angola. March 4, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2024.