Maria Elizabeth Simbrão de Carvalho is an Angolan diplomat who was the ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union[1] from 2009 to 2018.
[2] Simbrão studied at Angola's Agostinho Neto University where she earned a degree in law.
She joined the Ministry of External Relations in 1976, where she undertook several notable assignments, in particular serving as the president's secretary for foreign affairs from 1986 to 1990.
After a period as counselor at the Angolan Embassy in Bonn, she served as director general of Legal and Consular Affairs and Litigation at the Foreign Ministry from 1994 to 1999.
[4] After nine years of service, Simbrão was relieved of her functions as Belgian ambassador by President João Lourenço in February 2018.