Manuel de Araújo

Manuel A. Alculete Lopes de Araújo (born 11 October 1970) is a Mozambican politician who has been Mayor of Quelimane since December 2011.[1][2]

This article is about the Mozambican politician. For the Brazilian poet, playwright and painter, see Manuel de Araújo Porto Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo.
Manuel de Araújo
Mayor of Quelimane
Assumed office
2011
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
2004–2009
ConstituencyZambezia Province
Personal details
Born (1970-10-11) 11 October 1970
Political partyRENAMO (?–2009, 2018-present)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Movement of Mozambique (2011–2018)

In 2011, de Araújo ran as the RENAMO candidate in municipal elections in Quelimane, defeating the FRELIMO candidate with 62.27% of the vote. In a subsequent election in 2013, the FRELIMO candidate was named as the winner; however, after allegations of voter fraud were raised, an investigation subsequently determined that de Araújo had won the election wad remained the Mayor of Quelimane.[3]

During the 2023 municipal elections, de Araújo was arbitrarily detained by police officers after visiting polling stations, with the police accusing him of "disturbing" the vote-counting process. He was released a few hours later without charge.[4][5]

References
  1. Johnson, Leo (2 April 2013). "Quelimane: One Square Mile of Mozambique". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  2. "COMMISSION ANNOUNCES MOZAMBIQUE'S NOV 20 MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS". NAM News Network. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  3. Matias, Leonel (22 November 2013). "MDM lidera na Beira e Quelimane nas autárquicas em Moçambique". DW (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. "Manuel de Araújo foi recolhido nesta manhã pela UIR (já foi solto)". Carta de Moçambique (in Portuguese). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  5. "Moçambique/Eleições: Polícia diz que autarca de Quelimane estava a "perturbar" assembleias de voto". RTP África (in Portuguese). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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