Manuel Homem

Manuel Gomes da Conceição Homem (born 24 November 1979) is an Angolan engineer and politician. He has been, since September 2022, the provincial governor of Luanda. He is also the 1st Provincial Secretary of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in Luanda and a member of the 8th Politburo. He had served as the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Social Communication prior to that.^[1]

Manuel Homem
Governor of Luanda Province
In office 16 September 2022 – 31 October 2024
Preceded by	Joana Lina Ana Paula de Carvalho
Succeeded by	Luis Manuel da Fonseca Nunes
Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Social Communication of Angola
In office 2020–2022
Succeeded by	Mário Augusto da Silva Oliveira
Personal details
Born	Manuel Gomes da Conceição Homem (1979-11-24) 24 November 1979 (age 45) Cabinda, Angola
Political party	MPLA
Alma mater	Private University of Angola
Occupation	Information engineer, politician

Biography

Homem attended primary school in Cacongo, in his home province of Cabinda, and secondary school in the province of Luanda at the Instituto Médio Normal de Educação "Garcia Neto", specializing in biochemistry. He completed a course in information engineering from the Private University of Angola (UPRA). Afterwards, he completed a master's degree in information systems and project management from the Open University of Lisbon.^[2]

In 1996, he became a member of the Youth of MPLA (JMPLA), the youth wing of the MPLA, and was a member of their National Committee from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the 8th Politburo of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola.^[3]

Homem was the General Director of the National Institute of Growth of the Information Society (INFOSI). He was also the State Secretary for Information Technology. In March 2020, he assumed office as the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Social Communication.^[2] While minister, he attended the reburial ceremony of Jacob Caetano, a rebel leader during the Angolan War of Independence and Angolan Civil War.^[4] In 2022, he was elected the first Party Provincial Secretary in Luanda. In September 2022, he assumed office as the Provincial Governor of Luanda.