Sílvia Lutucuta
Meeting IAEA via video call in 2022
Born (1967-07-14) 14 July 1967[1]
Huambo, Portuguese Angola[1]
NationalityAngola
Other namesSílvia Paula Valentim Lutucuta
Occupation(s)Cardiologist and politician
Known forAngolan Minister of Health

Sílvia Paula Valentim Lutucuta (born 14 July 1968) is an Angolan politician and cardiologist, the incumbent Minister of Health.

Life

Lutucuta was born in Huambo in 1967. She trained in medicine and specialised in cardiology at the Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon, Portugal.[1] In 2000 she moved to Houston in Texas where she undertook post-doctoral research at Baylor College of Medicine.[2]

She joined the Angolan Society of Cardiovascular Diseases.[3]

She is a member of the Member of the MPLA Political Bureau.[1] In 2017 she was nominated to be the Minister of Health in Angola. She has created thousands of new jobs especially in rural layers. Under her leadership vaccines for COVID-19 were roled out in her country and she organised the funding.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ministro - Biografia de Sílvia Paula Valentim Lutucuta". governo.gov.ao (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Silvia Lutucuta". www.gavi.org. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  3. ↑ "Federação das Sociedades de Cardiologia de Língua Portuguesa". fsclp.org. Retrieved 2022-07-12.


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