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President · Mozambique

Armando Guebuza

93 recorded engagements, 2005–2014: 93 visits and 12 signed agreements.

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93Engagements
93Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
12Signed agreements
44Destination countries
33Multilateral summits
2005–2014Years in LEAD

Biography

President of Mozambique from 2005 to 2015

Armando Emílio Guebuza (born 20 January 1943) is a Mozambican politician who was the President of Mozambique from 2005 to 2015.

== Career ==

Guebuza, born at Murrupula in Nampula Province, joined the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) at the age of 20, shortly after it began Mozambique's war of independence against Portugal. By the time independence was achieved in 1975, Guebuza had become an important general and leader in FRELIMO.

He became interior minister in the Samora Machel government and issued an order forcing most Portuguese residents to leave within 24 hours, known as the 24/20 order because the residents in question were restricted to 20 kilograms of luggage.

During the 1980s Guebuza developed an unpopular program known as "Operation Production" in which jobless people from urban areas were moved to rural areas in the northern part of the country.

Following Machel's 1986 death in a plane crash in South Africa, Guebuza, a member of FRELIMO's Politburo, served briefly as part of a 10-member collective head of state. He was part of a committee investigating the circumstances of the crash, which came to no certain conclusion. He represented FRELIMO at the peace negotiations...

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Where they travelled

Mozambique   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America10
  • South Africa6
  • France5
  • United Kingdom5
  • Tanzania4
  • Portugal4
  • Zimbabwe3
  • eSwatini3
  • Malawi3
  • China3
  • Namibia3
  • Ethiopia3

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations93
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs34
  • Trade and Economic Relations28
  • Development and Aid5
  • Energy4
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity1

Activity by year

2005: 17 engagements2006: 6 engagements2007: 9 engagements2008: 5 engagements2009: 7 engagements2010: 9 engagements2011: 9 engagements2012: 7 engagements2013: 14 engagements2014: 10 engagements200520102014

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2005-04-14South AfricaFunctional cooperation
2005-07-01ZambiaMozambique-Zambia cooperation commission agreement (July 2005)
2005-10-31PortugalCahora Bassa Dam Transfer Agreement negotiations (October 2005)
2006-07-20FranceEconomics
2007-01-22JapanFunctional cooperation
2007-02-14NorwayFunctional cooperation
2007-07-14United States of AmericaFunctional cooperation
2007-09-05BrazilFunctional cooperation
2007-11-01AngolaAngola-Mozambique debt cancellation and oil sector cooperation (November 2007)
2010-11-01South AfricaFunctional cooperation
2011-08-09ChinaFunctional cooperation
2013-02-23EthiopiaPeace Treaty

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2005-04-07 – 2005-04-08VisitItaly · Rome
2005-04-12 – 2005-04-13VisitAngola · Luanda
2005-04-14 – 2005-04-16VisitSouth Africa · PretoriaAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2005-04-17VisitBotswana · Gaborone
2005-04-28 – 2005-05-01VisitZimbabwe · Harare
2005-05-01 – 2005-05-03VisiteSwatini · Mbabane
2005-05-06 – 2005-05-08VisitMalawi · Lilongwe
2005-06-12 – 2005-06-13VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2005-06-14 – 2005-06-16Visit SummitQatar · Doha
2005-07-01 – 2005-07-03VisitZambia · LusakaAgreement signedMozambique-Zambia cooperation commission agreement (July 2005)
2005-07-11 – 2005-07-12VisitSao Tome and Principe · São Tomé
2005-09-12 – 2005-09-13VisitFrance · Paris
2005-09-15Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2005-10-15 – 2005-10-17VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
2005-10-31 – 2005-11-02VisitPortugal · LisbonAgreement signedCahora Bassa Dam Transfer Agreement negotiations (October 2005)
2005-11-09 – 2005-11-10Visit SummitLesotho · Maseru
2005-12-09 – 2005-12-10Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2006-05-19 – 2006-05-20VisitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2006-07-20 – 2006-07-22VisitFrance · ParisAgreement signedEconomics
2006-09-21Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2006-11-04 – 2006-11-06Visit SummitChina · Beijing
2006-11-28 – 2006-11-30Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2006-12-04 – 2006-12-05Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2007-01-16 – 2007-01-20VisitVietnam · Hanoi
2007-01-22 – 2007-01-24VisitJapan · TokyoAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2007-02-14 – 2007-02-16VisitNorway · OsloAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2007-07-04 – 2007-07-07VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
2007-07-14 – 2007-07-15VisitUnited States of America · WashingtonAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2007-09-05 – 2007-09-09VisitBrazil · BrasíliaAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2007-09-26Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2007-11-01 – 2007-11-02VisitAngola · LuandaAgreement signedAngola-Mozambique debt cancellation and oil sector cooperation (November 2007)
2007-11-01 – 2007-11-04VisitGermany · Berlin
2008-03-05 – 2008-03-08VisitCuba · Havana
2008-05-08 – 2008-05-10VisitChile · Santiago
2008-09-07 – 2008-09-08VisiteSwatini · Mbabane
2008-09-20 – 2008-09-25Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2008-10-30 – 2008-11-02VisitDenmark · Copenhagen
2009-01-19 – 2009-01-20Visit SummitZimbabwe · Harare
2009-02-11 – 2009-02-12VisitZimbabwe · Harare
2009-05-08 – 2009-05-10VisitChile · Santiago
Show all 93 engagements
DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2009-05-23 – 2009-05-25VisitMalawi · Lilongwe
2009-06-11 – 2009-06-12Visit SummitSwitzerland · Geneva
2009-07-22 – 2009-07-24VisitBrazil · Brasília
2009-09-08 – 2009-09-09Visit SummitDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa
2010-04-29 – 2010-05-01VisitPortugal · Lisbon
2010-07-05 – 2010-07-06VisitBotswana · Gaborone
2010-07-10 – 2010-07-12Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2010-08-17 – 2010-08-18Visit SummitNamibia · Windhoek
2010-09-29 – 2010-10-03VisitIndia · New Delhi
2010-10-19 – 2010-10-21VisitSpain · Madrid
2010-11-01 – 2010-11-02VisitSouth Africa · PretoriaAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2010-11-08 – 2010-11-09VisitQatar · Doha
2010-11-28 – 2010-11-30Visit SummitLibya · Tripoli
2011-03-18VisiteSwatini · Mbabane
2011-04-03 – 2011-04-04Visit SummitZambia · Lusaka
2011-05-03 – 2011-05-05VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2011-05-19 – 2011-05-20VisitNamibia · Windhoek
2011-07-08 – 2011-07-09Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2011-08-09 – 2011-08-17VisitChina · BeijingAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2011-09-21Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2011-11-30 – 2011-12-01Visit SummitPortugal · Lisbon
2011-12-09 – 2011-12-10VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
2012-01-06 – 2012-01-07Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2012-01-27 – 2012-01-31Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2012-05-07 – 2012-05-09VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2012-07-27 – 2012-07-29VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2012-08-27 – 2012-08-29VisitRwanda · Kigali
2012-09-03 – 2012-09-04Visit SummitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
2012-10-06 – 2012-10-08Visit SummitTurkey · Ankara
2013-02-23 – 2013-02-24VisitEthiopia · Addis AbabaAgreement signedPeace Treaty
2013-03-10 – 2013-03-11Visit SummitNamibia · Windhoek
2013-03-11 – 2013-03-13VisitAustralia · Canberra
2013-03-17 – 2013-03-18VisitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
2013-03-25 – 2013-03-28Visit SummitSouth Africa · Durban
2013-04-03 – 2013-04-05VisitMalawi · Lilongwe
2013-05-13 – 2013-05-19VisitChina · Beijing
2013-05-23 – 2013-05-24VisitSouth Korea · Seoul
2013-07-05 – 2013-07-11VisitIndia · New Delhi
2013-07-22 – 2013-07-25VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2013-09-24Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2013-09-26 – 2013-09-27VisitFrance · Paris
2013-10-08 – 2013-10-11Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2013-10-11 – 2013-10-12VisitFrance · Paris
2014-01-08 – 2014-01-10VisitFrance · Paris
2014-01-31 – 2014-02-02Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2014-04-04 – 2014-04-06Visit SummitBelgium · Brussels
2014-05-29 – 2014-05-30VisitIsrael · Jerusalem
2014-06-04 – 2014-06-06VisitIreland · Dublin
2014-06-28 – 2014-07-02VisitPortugal · Lisbon
2014-07-23Visit SummitTimor-Leste · Dili
2014-08-04 – 2014-08-06Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2014-10-01 – 2014-10-02Visit SummitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
2014-12-03 – 2014-12-05VisitItaly · Rome

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Armando Guebuza leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/armando-guebuza.html]