Mário Augusto Caetano João de Sousa[1] (born 24 November 1978) is an Angolan professor, economist, writer, and politician.

[6] In 2011 as well, he was highlighted in Botswana, where he worked a commercial and customs expert at the Directory of TIFI (Trade, Industry, Finance, and Investment) of the SADC.

On returning to Angola, Caetano became an activist and member of the provincial Politburo of the MPLA in Luanda.

Caetano stepped aside from government work from 2016 to 2019 to become the Administrative Assessor of the 25th constituency of World Bank Group, based in Washington, D.C. in the United States.

While secretary, he was responsible for overseeing the Programa de Apoio à Produção, Diversificação das Exportações e Substituição das Importações (PRODESI) On 1 September 2021, Caetano was nominated by president João Lourenço to become the Minister of the Economy and Planning[8][9] and continued to do so after the 2022 Angolan general election.

Caetano, as minister, implemented the Programa de Reconversão da Economia Informal (PREI).