José Brito

José Brito (born 19 March 1944)[1] is a Cape Verdean politician.

This article is about a Cape Verdean politician. For the Venezuelan politician, see José Brito (politician).
José Brito
José Brito
Foreign Minister of Cape Verde
In office
27 June 2008 – 2011
PresidentPedro Pires
Preceded byVíctor Borges
Succeeded byJorge Borges
Personal details
Born (1944-09-19) 19 September 1944
Dakar, Senegal (then in French West Africa)
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Brito was born in Dakar, Senegal (then a French colony) to Cape Verdean parents. Later in his years, he moved to Cape Verde.

Brito holds a bachelor of science in mathematics and master of sciences in physics and chemistry at the University of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast and a high diploma studies in chemical engineering at the Institut français du pétrole in France.

Brito worked as vice-president of governmental relations for Ocean Energy, Oil Company in Texas, USA from 1992 to 1996.

From 2001 to 2006, he served as Cape Verde's ambassador to the United States, Canada, and Mexico, before taking up the position of Minister of Economy, Growth and Competitiveness from 2006 to 2008.[2] He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the nation of Cape Verde from 2008 to 2011.[3]

See also

References
  1. "APPOINTMENT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AFRICAN UNION FOR COTE D'IVOIRE" (PDF). Press Release. African Union. March 26, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2014. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  2. 4th Ministerial e-Governance Conference: José Brito, Minister of Economy, Growth and Competitiveness of Cape Verde Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. AfroI News: Cape Verde-EU partnership agreement reached
Preceded by
Víctor Borges		 Foreign Minister of Cape Verde
2008-2011		 Succeeded by
Jorge Borges


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