Paulo Zucula (born 1955) is a Mozambican politician and Mozambique's Minister of Transportation and Communication since March 2008.
[1] From 2004 to 2005, he held the post of Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Community Development (Portuguese: Fundação Para o Desenvolvimento Comunitário).
[1] Zucula re-entered public service in December 2006, becoming director of the National Disasters Management Institute (Portuguese: Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades, INGC), Mozambique's disaster management agency.
[1][2] He was "widely praised" for his handling of the 2007 Mozambican flood and for his leadership of the INGC,[3] with one "senior [United Nations] official" describing him as "the most effective director in this position that I have come across in 25 years of disaster management anywhere in the world".
[4] He was appointed Minister of Transport and Communication by Armando Guebuza on March 11, 2008,[5][6] succeeding Antonio Munguambe.