Maria Veloso

Maria Teresa Veloso was a Mozambican civil servant and politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.

Biography

An employee of the Ministry of Education, Veloso was a FRELIMO candidate in the Mozambican general election|1977 parliamentary elections], in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly. She was re-elected in 1986 from Maputo City as a representative of. She later worked for the National Institute for the Development of Education.