List of prime ministers of Mozambique

Prime Minister of Mozambique

Primeiro-Ministro de Moçambique (Portuguese)

Emblem of Mozambique

Incumbent
Maria Benvinda Levy

since 15 January 2025

Appointer| President of Mozambique
Inaugural holder| Mário da Graça Machungo
Formation| 17 July 1986; 38 years ago (1986-07-17)
Website| www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz

This article lists the prime ministers of Mozambique, since the establishment of the office of prime minister of Portuguese Mozambique in 1974.

The current prime minister is Maria Benvinda Levy. She assumed the office on 15 January 2025.

## Prime ministers of Mozambique (1974–present)

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Portuguese Mozambique

| Chissano, JoaquimJoaquim Chissano
(born 1939)| 20 September 1974| 25 June 1975| 278 days| FRELIMO| —
People's Republic of Mozambique
Post abolished (25 June 1975 – 17 July 1986)

| Machungo, MárioMário da Graça Machungo
(1940–2020)| 17 July 1986| 1 December 1990| 4 years, 137 days| FRELIMO| —
Republic of Mozambique
(1)|

| Machungo, MárioMário da Graça Machungo
(1940–2020)| 1 December 1990| 16 December 1994| 4 years, 15 days| FRELIMO| —

| Mocumbi, PascoalPascoal Mocumbi
(1941–2023)| 16 December 1994| 17 February 2004| 9 years, 63 days| FRELIMO| 1994
1999

| Diogo, LuísaLuísa Diogo
(born 1958)| 17 February 2004| 16 January 2010| 5 years, 333 days| FRELIMO| 2004

| Ali, AiresAires Ali
(born 1955)| 16 January 2010| 8 October 2012| 2 years, 266 days| FRELIMO| 2009

| Vaquina, AlbertoAlberto Vaquina
(born 1961)| 8 October 2012| 17 January 2015| 2 years, 101 days| FRELIMO| —

| Rosário, CarlosCarlos Agostinho do Rosário
(born 1954)| 17 January 2015| 3 March 2022| 7 years, 45 days| FRELIMO| 2014
2019

| Maleiane, AdrianoAdriano Maleiane
(born 1949)| 3 March 2022| 15 January 2025| 2 years, 318 days| FRELIMO| —

| Levy, MariaMaria Benvinda Levy
(born 1969)| 15 January 2025| Incumbent| 93 days| FRELIMO| 2024

## Timeline

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## See also

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Politics of Mozambique

Constitution

* Human rights

Executive

* President

Daniel Chapo
* Prime Minister

Maria Benvinda Levy

Legislature

* Assembly of the Republic

President: Margarida Talapa

Judiciary

* Constitutional Council

Elections

* Recent elections

* General: 2014
* 2019
* 2024

* Political parties

Administrative divisions

* Provinces
* Districts
* Postos

Foreign relations

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Verónica Macamo

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* Diplomatic missions of / in Mozambique

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* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

Africa portal

* Other countries

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* List of presidents of Mozambique
* List of colonial governors of Mozambique
* List of heads of the National Resistance Government of Mozambique

## Sources

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* http://rulers.org/rulm2.html#mozambique
* http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mozambique.htm
* African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland
* Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
* Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000

## References

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Prime ministers of Mozambique

* Joaquim Chissano
* Mário da Graça Machungo
* Pascoal Mocumbi
* Luísa Diogo
* Aires Ali
* Alberto Vaquina
* Carlos Agostinho do Rosário
* Adriano Maleiane
* Maria Benvinda Levy

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Mozambique articles

History|

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Other states|

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Heads of government|

| UN member states|

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* Chad
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* Eritrea
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* Mauritania
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* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
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* Tanzania
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Other states|

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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