Luisa Diogo was recently appointed Mozambique's new Prime Minister, while retaining her previous  post as Finance Minister.

She began working in the Finance Ministry in 1980. Between 1989 and 1992,  she was National Budget Director. From 1993-1994 Diogo was World Bank Programme Officer in Mozambique. After the 1994 general elections, she accepted President Joaquim Alberto Chissano's invitation to leave the World Bank and join the government as Deputy Finance Minister. She was promoted to Finance Minister after the December 1999 elections. Diogo received her Master’s degree in finance economics through a correspondence course with the University of London in 1992.