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Ernesto Max Elias Tonela

Politician

Ernesto Max Elias Tonela is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ernesto Max Elias Tonela · Ernesto Tonela				[sources]
Other name	Ernesto Max Tonela · Max Tonela				[sources]
Birth date	1968-10-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Beira				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Mozambique				[sources]
Citizenship	Mozambique				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Ernesto				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q109950517				[sources]
Position	Minister of Economy and Finances of Mozambique (2022-) · Minister of Industry and Trade of Mozambique (2015-2017) · Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy (2017-2020) · Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy (2020-2022)				[sources]
Education	Eduardo Mondlane University (-1994) · French International Training Centre for DC (-2002) · University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (-2003)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

politician in Mozambique

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy	2020-01-17	2022-03-03

Data sources

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Source data IDs: us-cia-mozambique-ernesto-max-tonela-minister-of-economy-finance · us-cia-mozambique-ernesto-max-tonela-min-of-mineral-resources-energy

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