Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim
Angolan politician
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Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim is an Angolan politician and diplomat.
PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos
PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos
Prime MinisterFernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem
PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos
Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim | |
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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 | |
| President | José Eduardo dos Santos |
| In office 3 June 1996 – 6 December 2002 | |
| President | José Eduardo dos Santos |
| Prime Minister | Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem |
| Minister for Fisheries | |
| In office 27 August 1992 – 6 December 2002 | |
| President | José Eduardo dos Santos |
| Prime Minister | Marcolino 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 |
| Party | MPLA |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation | Biologist • Diplomat • Politician |
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]