Adjany Costa

Adjany da Silva Freitas Costa (born 1989) is an Angolan biologist and conservationist from Huambo who served as the Angolan Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment from April to October 2020.

Career

Conservation and environmentalism Costa has a master's degree in biology and a PhD in International Wildlife Conservation Practices from the University of Oxford. She was also awarded the Angolan First Order of Civil Merit in 2019. She received this in recognition for her community-based conservation work with the Luchaze people of the Eastern Angolan highlands and the Okavango Delta. She is a National Geographic Explorer.

Political career She was appointed the position of Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment in April 2020 at the age of 30, making her the youngest minister in Angolan history. She was later removed from the position in October 2020 by President João Lourenço and kept as a consultant to the President.