Mozambique mourns the death of Cadmiel Muthemba (1945-2021)

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Mozambique mourns the death of Cadmiel Muthemba (1945-2021)

12:09 CAT | 11 Jan 2021

Picture: O Pais

Cadmiel Filiane Muthemba died on Saturday, in a private clinic in Maputo.

The former Minister of Public Works and Housing, deputy and politician, was born on July 20, 1945, in Chicumbane, Gaza province.

Cadmiel Muthemba held several positions in government, being the holder of the Fisheries portfolio before becoming Minister of Public Works and Housing. While in government, he was considered one of the closest figures to the former President of the Republic, Armando Guebuza.

Ten days before the transitional government took office on 20 September, 1974, Cadmiel Muthemba was sent to Inhambane as Political Commissar to set up Frelimo party structures there, and then moved to Tete for the same task.

He took on various party posts in Tete including Director of Support and Control and later provincial first secretary. He was mayor of Tete city and then governor of the province from 1987-95.

He went on to become secretary of the Frelimo Party Central Committee 1995-97 and also served in parliament. He was Fisheries Minister 2000-2009 under both presidents Chissano and Guebuza, and was appointed Minister of Public Works and Housing in 2010.