Daniel Chapo,47, who was recently chosen by the Central Committee of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo), born after 1975, is the first Frelimo Presidential candidate born after Mozambique’s independence.
He is the current governor of the province of Inhambane, and will hold the flag for Frelimo in the general elections on October 9th.
The choice of Daniel Chapo by the Central Committee, which has 254 members, came only on the third day of that body’s extraordinary meeting, initially called only for Friday, and after an internal vote, party sources indicated.
In the final communiqué of the meeting, it is stated that Daniel Chapo won the internal election with 225 votes (94.1%) from the members of the Central Committee.
In the meeting room, open to journalists at around 9pm local time, Daniel Chapo, in the center of the meeting, was surrounded by the rest of the participants, receiving congratulations..
Daniel Chapo, 47 years old, will be the candidate to succeed Filipe Nyusi, President of the Republic since 2014, who is also president of Frelimo, and who can no longer run for office in these elections, as he has reached the constitutional limit of two terms.
Graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of Eduardo Mondlane University, in Maputo, in 2000, Daniel Francisco Chapo was born in Inhaminga, Sofala province, central Mozambique, on January 6, 1977, making him the first Frelimo candidate born after the country’s independence (1975).
The political commission approved on Friday a list of pre-candidates with the names of Roque Silva, general secretary of the party, Daniel Chapo and Damião José, this member of that body, which took place on the same day to the extraordinary meeting of the Central Committee that began shortly afterwards at the party school, in Matola, on the outskirts of Maputo.
After two days of intense internal debate in the Central Committee, around the proposed list, the political committee added today the names of Esperança Bias, president of parliament, and Francisco Mucanheia, advisor to the President of the Republic, while Damião José ended up leaving of the race, according to party sources.
According to Frelimo’s statutes, the political commission is responsible for presenting to the members of the Central Committee the list of three names of pre-candidates for the position of President of the Republic.
Daniel Francisco Chapo took the Conservator and Notary course in 2004 and ten years later completed a master’s degree in Development Management from the Catholic University of Mozambique. He also taught Constitutional Law and Political Science, worked as an announcer at Rádio Miramar, in the city of Beira, and was appointed conservator for the Nacala-Porto district in 2005.
In November 2015 he assumed the role of administrator of the district of Palma, in the province of Cabo Delegado, and in March 2016 he was appointed governor of the province of Inhambane.
Since Mozambique’s independence, all heads of state have been nominated by Frelimo, such as Samora Machel and Joaquim Chissano (south) and Armando Guebuza and Filipe Nyusi (north), so Daniel Chapo is the first, nominated, born in the central region of Mozambique. country.
The deadline for presenting the lists of candidates for President of the Republic in the October elections to the Constitutional Council is June 10th.
Mozambique will hold its seventh presidential and legislative elections on October 9, the second for provincial governors and the fourth for provincial assemblies.
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Daniel Francisco Chapo is 47 years old. He was born in Inhaminga, Sofala province, on January 6, 1977 He holds a degree in Law by the Faculty of Law of Eduardo Mondlane University (2000), took the Conservatorship and Notary course (2004) and holds a a Master’s degree in Development Management by the Catholic University of Mozambique (2014).
Daniel Chapo taught Constitutional Law and Political Sciences (2009), worked as an news anchor at Rádio Miramar in the city of Beira, was appointed Conservator for Nacala-Porto district, in Nampula province (2005), In November 2015, he was transferred to perform the functions of Administrator in Palma district, in Cabo Delegado province, In March 2016, he was appointed Governor of the Province of Inhambane.
Source: Club of Mozambique