Manuel António Alculete Lopes De Araújo holds a PhD in International Development from East Anglia University, United Kingdom. He holds two Master's Degrees, one in Policy Studies (MPS), from the Southern African Regional Institute for Policy Studies (SARIPS) / University of Zimbabwe, and in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. He has a long experience as an academic, and in addition, he teaches inside and outside the country. In 2019, he was elected Vice-President of the National Association of Municipalities of Mozambique (ANAMM). He was a Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, for the Renamo Party Bench, in the 2004-2009 Term, where he also served as Vice-President of the Committee on International Relations. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) and the Steering Committee of the Transport Decarbonization Alliance (TDA). The Academic, from December 2011 to the present date, is President of the Municipal Council of the City of Quelimane, the economic, political and administrative capital of the Province of Zambézia - the 4th most populated in Mozambique and the biggest by size in the Province of Zambézia.