Amade Camal

{{short description|Mozambican politician and entrepreneur|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Amade Chemane Camal Jr. (born 1954) is a Mozambican politician and entrepreneur. The CEO of Sir Comercio Internacional, and the father of leading transport businesses in Mozambique. He was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique for Nampula Province from 1994 to 1999.{{cite journal |title=Unknown title |year=1999 |journal=Mozambiquefile: A Mozambique News Agency Monthly |issue=274–284 |page=10}}

Camal has been critical of the urban planning problems in Maputo, saying that the cities' poor infastructure contributes to its noctoriously bad traffic, especially during rush hour, and hurts urban mobility in the county.{{cite web|title=Amade Camal: "falta de um estudo sobre a organização da mobilidade retrai soluções sustentáveis"|url=https://www.oeconomico.com/amade-camal-falta-de-um-estudo-sobre-a-organizacao-da-mobilidade-retrai-solucoes-sustentaveis/|publisher=O Económico|language=Portuguese|date=17 September 2020|access-date=16 June 2025}}

In 2023, in protest of Israel's occupation of Palestine, several Mozambican organizations established an unofficial "Israeli Apartheid free zone". Camal's company Sir International joined the protest, stating that they would refuse to sell any Israeli products.{{cite web|title=Mozambican citizens establish an Israeli Apartheid free zone|url=https://www.mozambiqueinsights.com/mozambican-citizens-establish-an-israeli-apartheid-free-zone/|publisher=Mozambique Insights|date=16 March 2023|access-date=16 June 2025}}

A Muslim,{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ynveEAAAQBAJ&dq=amade+camal+muslim&pg=PR28 | title=Towards Jihad?: Muslims and Politics in Postcolonial Mozambique | isbn=978-1-80526-322-7 | last1=Morier-Genoud | first1=Eric | date=26 October 2023 | publisher=Hurst Publishers }} Camal attended the public celebrations of Eid al-Adha in Maputo. He has denounced the rise of Islamism in Mozambique, saying that Islam is a religion of peace.{{cite web|title="Nenhum muçulmano mata em nome da religião", disse Sheikh Umar Ayuba|url=https://opais.co.mz/nenhum-muculmano-mata-em-nome-da-religiao-disse-sheikh-umar-ayuba/|publisher=O Pais|language=Portuguese|date=28 June 2023|access-date=16 June 2025}}