Esperança Bias

Esperança Bias (born 28 July 1958^[1]) is a Mozambican politician. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Economy at the Eduardo Mondlane University.^[2] From 1999 to 2005, she served as the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources (beginning in 1999).^[3] From 2005 to 2015, she served as Mozambique's Minister of Mineral Resources.^[2] In 2015, incoming president Filipe Nyusi replaced her with Pedro Conceição Couto.^[4]

Esperança Bias
Bias in 2022
President of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 13 January 2020 – 13 January 2025
Preceded by	Verónica Macamo
Succeeded by	Margarida Talapa
Personal details
Born	Esperança Laurinda Francisco Nhiuane Bias 28 July 1958
Political party	FRELIMO

In February 2016, she was elected to the Secretariat of Mozambique's FRELIMO party as Secretary for Administration and Finance.^[5][6]

She was Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic from January 2020 to January 2025.^[1]