Mozambican Carla Mucavi appointed FAO Representative in Kenya

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Mozambican Carla Mucavi appointed FAO Representative in Kenya

3:59 CAT | 12 Nov 2020

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The Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Qu Dongyu, recently appointed, with the agreement of the Government of the Republic of Kenya, former FAO New York Director Mozambican Carla Elisa Luís Mucavi as representative of the organisation in Kenya, effective 1st of November.

A statement from Dongyu’s office notes that Mucavi holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Institute for Higher Studies in International Relations, Maputo, Mozambique and a Master’s degree in Cooperation and Development Planning from the University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

Mucavi joined the FAO in 2015 as Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in New York, United States.

Prior to joining FAO in 2015, she was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mozambique to Italy, Greece and Malta, Permanent Representative to FAO, WFP and IFAD in Rome, Italy, and also non-resident Ambassador to Turkey. In 2013, Carla Mucavi chaired the African Regional Group of Permanent Representatives in Rome.

The new FAO Representative in Kenya started her career in 1989 as Attaché in the Division for International Organisations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Mozambique..

Since then, Carla Mucavi has held positions of increasing responsibility, as First Secretary at the Embassy of Mozambique in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Chief of Staff to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Mozambique; Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Mozambique in Italy, Rome; Counsellor in charge of Nordic countries in the Division for Europe and America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Maputo; and Deputy Director of State Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique.

Carla Mucavi succeeds Gabriel Rugalema as FAO Representative in Kenya.

As October came to a close, the @FAO New York team bid farewell to our Director. After more than 5 years at the helm of the Liaison Office at the @UN Headquarters, Carla Mucavi is off to lead @FAOKenya.

Carla, 🙏 for your professional, open and graceful management! pic.twitter.com/kvxinVzsMO

— FAO in New York (@FAONewYork) November 3, 2020