H.E. Ambassador Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, an
Angolan national, is a leading African Agronomist
and Commissioner for the department of
Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue economy
and Sustainable Environment of the African Union
Commission. Prior to her election in January 2017,
she was successively Executive Administrator of
the Fund for support to Agrarian DevelopmentFADA and later, Special Adviser to two Ministers
in Angola:
The Angolan Minister of Environment where she also served as
Ambassador of Good Will for the negotiations of Paris Agreement on
Climate Change and advisor to the Minister of Agriculture in charge of Food
Security and nutrition and Poverty Reduction. Previously, Ambassador
Sacko was also the former Secretary General of the Inter- African Coffee
Organization (IACO) for 13 years.