João Baptista Borges

[1] He was a professor of Engineering at Agostinho Neto University and he is a member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) since the 17th June 1998.

João Baptista Borges was born on the 4th of January, 1964, in Ingombota, a municipality belonging to the metropolitan area of the province of Luanda.

At the university, João Baptista Borges taught the subjects Technology of Electrical Materials I and II and simultaneously held other offices, such as: Head of the MV/LV Distribution Network Rehabilitation Project, Luanda EDEL EP, from 1991 until 1993, when he was appointed deputy general manager of the Investment Area EDEL EP, where he remained until 1999.

[5] From 2008 to 2010, João Baptista Borges was chairman of the board of directors of EDEL, where he was responsible for its the restructuring and update of the Strategic Plan.

[5][19] Minister João Baptista Borges also participated at the UN Climate Change Conference 2023 (COP28) in Dubai, where he signed a concession agreement with Masdar, a renewable energy company from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for the construction of a 150 MW solar park in the south of Angola.

As Minister of Energy of the Republic of Angola João Baptista Borges supports the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations (UN).