Transition periods as founding pillars of democracy and peace

Biographie d'Antonio Mapua Bambissa

António Mapua Bambissa was born in Beira, Mozambique, on 27 May 1969. The author has been a career diplomat since 1988. He holds a Master Degree of Arts in Diplomacy from the Centre of Diplomatic and Strategic Studies of Paris (2015) and a Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Higher Institute of International Relations of Maputo (1997). To date, he has served as Diplomat in the Embassies of Mozambique in Addis Ababa (2002-2007) and in Paris (2011-2016), and, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique he occupied the posts of Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (2007-2009), Head of Department in the Directorate of Africa and Middle-East (2009-2010), and of Deputy Director for Europe and the Americas (2010-2011).