Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim

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Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim is an Angolan politician and diplomat.

She was the Angolan minister for fisheries from 1992 to 1996, in the government of José Eduardo dos Santos,Hunter, Brian. (Ed.) (1995) The Statesman's Year-Book 1995-96. 132nd edition. London: Macmillan. p. 79. {{ISBN|0333620747}} then minister for fisheries and environment from 1996 to 2002. Jardim was member of the National Assembly from 2003 to 2008.{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.minamb.gov.ao/download.aspx?tipo=conteudoInstitucional&id=821 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314223123/http://www.minamb.gov.ao/download.aspx?tipo=conteudoInstitucional&id=821 |archive-date=14 March 2020 |accessdate=13 February 2024 |website=Angolan Ministry of Environment |language=pt}}

From 2008 to 2017 she was appointed minister for the environment.{{cite web |title=Histórico |url=http://www.minamb.gov.ao/Institucionais/Historico.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606085100/http://www.minamb.gov.ao/Institucionais/Historico.aspx |archive-date=6 June 2019 |accessdate=13 February 2024 |website=Angolan Ministry of Environment |language=pt}} In 2015, she was Angola's climate envoy at COP 21, representing the Least Developed Countries in the negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement.{{cite web |last=Pashley |first=Alex |date=25 November 2015 |title=Meet the envoys with a UN climate change deal in their hands |url=https://www.climatechangenews.com/2015/11/25/meet-the-envoys-with-a-un-climate-change-deal-in-their-hands/ |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=Climate Home News}}

Since 2019 she is ambassador of Angola to Italy,{{cite web |date=21 June 2019 |title=Italia-Angola: Maria de Fatima Monteiro Jardim Domingas nuovo ambasciatore a Roma |url=https://www.agenzianova.com/a/5d0ccd31288fe8.57273927/2498912/2019-06-21/italia-angola-maria-de-fatima-monteiro-jardim-domingas-nuovo-ambasciatore-a-roma |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=Agenzia Nova |language=it}} as well as to Malta since 2021{{cite web |date=13 February 2024 |title=The Ambassador of the Republic of Angola presents her Letters of Credence to the President of Malta |url=https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Press%20Releases/Pages/2021/May/27/pr211001en.aspx |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=Government of Malta}} and to Albania since 2023.{{cite web |date=4 March 2023 |title=Ambassador Fátima Jardim begins duties in Albania |url=https://www.africa-press.net/angola/all-news/ambassador-fatima-jardim-begins-duties-in-albania |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=Angola}}