Aires Ali

Aires Bonifácio Baptista Ali (born 6 December 1955) is a Mozambican politician who was Prime Minister of Mozambique from 16 January 2010 to 8 October 2012, when he was sacked by Mozambican President Armando Guebuza in a cabinet reshuffle.^[1][2]

Aires Ali
Aires Ali at the start of an International Military HIV/AIDS Conference in Maputo during May 2012
12th Prime Minister of Mozambique
In office 16 January 2010 – 8 October 2012
President	Armando Guebuza
Preceded by	Luisa Diogo
Succeeded by	Alberto Vaquina
Personal details
Born	(1955-12-06) 6 December 1955 (age 69)
Political party	FRELIMO

Ali comes from the province of Niassa in the north of Mozambique. He worked as a teacher at the FRELIMO Secondary School in Namaacha in the district of Namaacha from 1976. In 1977, he became the principal (director) of Francisco Manyanga Secondary School in Maputo. From 1980 to 1986, Ali was a provincial Director of Education in the province of Nampula in eastern Mozambique. In 1989/1990, he worked as Head of Office for the then Minister of Education and Culture. From 1991 to 1992, he was the National Director of School Social Welfare Programs, responsible for government support programs for schools and other educational institutions.^[3]

He was Governor of Inhambane Province from 2000 to 2004 and Minister of Education from 2005 to 2010.^[4] He was appointed ambassador to China in June 2016 by President Filipe Nyusi.^[5]