英語(yǔ)名人堂：路易莎·迪奧戈

路易莎·迪奧戈(Luisa Diogo)，莫桑比克前總理。迪奧戈致力于推進(jìn)莫桑比克經(jīng)濟(jì)改革，積極倡導(dǎo)政府提高透明度、責(zé)任感和施政水平，努力在腐敗盛行的非洲開(kāi)拓出了一塊凈土。

中文名 路易莎·迪奧戈 外文名 Luisa Diogo 國(guó) 籍 莫桑比克 出生地 莫桑比克 出生日期 1958年4月11日 職 業(yè) 莫桑比克前總理 代表作品 《時(shí)代周刊》評(píng)為“2004年全球最有影響力的100位名人”之一

路易莎·迪奧戈(Luisa Diogo)，莫桑比克前總理。出生于1958年4月11日。1980年起進(jìn)入莫桑比克政府計(jì)劃與財(cái)政部工作。1989年，迪奧戈任該部預(yù)算司司長(zhǎng)。1992年獲英國(guó)倫敦大學(xué)金融經(jīng)濟(jì)碩士學(xué)位。1993年至1994年在世界銀行駐莫機(jī)構(gòu)任職。1994年任計(jì)劃與財(cái)政部副部長(zhǎng)，2000年起任部長(zhǎng)。2004年2月17日，被任命為總理兼計(jì)劃與財(cái)政部長(zhǎng)，成為莫桑比克歷史上第一位女總理。2005年2月連任總理。

迪奧戈致力于推進(jìn)莫桑比克經(jīng)濟(jì)改革，積極倡導(dǎo)政府提高透明度、責(zé)任感和施政水平，努力在腐敗盛行的非洲開(kāi)拓出了一塊凈土。美國(guó)《時(shí)代周刊》曾將迪奧戈評(píng)為“2004年全球最有影響力的100位名人”之一。2007年8月，迪奧戈更是被福布斯雜志評(píng)為全球100位最有權(quán)力的女性之一，在其中名列第89位。

迪奧戈曾于2002年5月訪華。2005年來(lái)華參加紀(jì)念聯(lián)合國(guó)第四次世界婦女大會(huì)十周年會(huì)議。

Luisa Diogo was born in 1958 in western Mozambique. She was 17 and in high school when civil war broke out. She studied economics at university and began working in the finance ministry. She quickly worked her way up to be her nation’s first ever female leader. She has brought about considerable change in her once war-torn country.

When Diogo joined the government in 1980, Mozambique was in its fifth year of civil war and the economy was in ruins. Diogo’s skill in financial affairs and willingness to take risks saw her become department head in 1986 and national budget director three years later. In 1994 she won anotherpromotion to deputy finance minister.

Mozambique’s economy slowly recovered under Diogo’s visionary reforms. In 2004, she was named Africa’s finance minister of the year and became prime minister. ‘Time’ magazine ranked her as one of the top leaders and revolutionaries in the world, saying: “she leads a government that was once written off as a failed state but that now posts economic growth rates of an Asian tiger.”

Diogo spends a lot of time urging African leaders to fight the spread of AIDS. She campaigns for free sexual health services across Africa. She also promotes gender equality and the empowerment of women. In 2007, she launched the "Network of Women Ministers and Parliamentarians". Diogo said her central objective is the fight against “absolute poverty”. She also proudly declares "democracy in Mozambique is irreversible”.