Luanda - About 12 new national directors and office heads of the Ministry of Culture were sworn in last Wednesday, in Luanda, in ceremony led by the incumbent minister, Rosa Cruz e Silva.

The newly appointed officials are Francisco Domingos Van-Dúnen, Manzambi Vuvu Fernando, Pedro Alfredo Ramalhoso, Maria da Silva Freire de Carvalho Francisco and Gilberto António Dilu were invested in the posts of directors of the National Artistic Training Institute, Museums, Angolan Institute of Cinema, Audio and Multimedia, respectively, as well as the heads of the office of the culture minister and her deputy minister Luís Kandjimbo.

António Antunes Fonseca, Sandra Cristina dos Reis Alves and Manuel João Fernando were sworn in as the national directors for  Cultural Industry, the office of the other deputy minister, Cornélio Caley, and of the Religious Issues Institute.

Fidelino da Esperança Mateus will be the head of the Documentation and Information Centre of the Culture Ministry.