Adelino Mano Quetá

Adelino Mano Quetá (1943 or 1944–2014) was a Guinea-Bissauan politician and diplomat. Quetá ran as an independent in the 2005 Guinea-Bissau presidential election, where he finished ninth in a field of thirteen candidates. He was appointed foreign minister in 2009, replacing Adiato Diallo Nandigna.

Career

Quetá was Attorney General of Guinea-Bissau in 1985. From 1997 to 1998, he was the ambassador to Morocco, Italy, Spain and Taiwan. From 1999 to 2000, he was ambassador to Portugal. In the run-up to the 2005 presidential election, Quetá was diplomatic advisor to interim President Henrique Rosa and lecturer at Amílcar Cabral University in Bissau.^[1]

He died in June 14, 2014, in Bissau.^[2]

References

1. European Union Mission to Guinea Bissau Archived 2009-08-03 at the Wayback Machine Election Observations, 2005
2. Jornal de Notícias. "Morreu Adelino Mano Quetá, antigo ministro Negócios Estrangeiros da Guiné-Bissau" (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 2, 2020.