Armando Emílio Guebuza (born 20 January 1943) is a Mozambican politician who was the third President of Mozambique from 2005 to 2015.

Following Machel's 1986 death in a plane crash in South Africa, Guebuza, a member of FRELIMO's Politburo, served briefly as part of a 10-member collective head of state.

Following the abandonment of socialist economic policies by President Joaquim Chissano, which included the privatization of state companies, Guebuza became a successful and wealthy businessman, particularly in the construction, exports and fishing industries.

[5] Guebuza is the first man to enter the Mozambican presidency with a non-socialist party programme and ideology.

[7][8] Armando Guebuza is one of the wealthiest individuals in Mozambique, which according to Marcelo Mosse has earned the president the nickname Mr Gue-Business:[9] He was a shareholder of Laurentina, the first Mozambique brewery,[10] and was one of the main shareholders in the Nosso Banco (formerly Banco Mercantil de Investimentos[11]).