Manuel Chang

Manuel Chang
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
February 2005  January 2015
PresidentArmando Guebuza
Preceded byLuísa Diogo
Succeeded byAdriano Maleiane
Personal details
Born (1955-08-22) 22 August 1955
Gaza Province, Portuguese East Africa
NationalityMozambican
Political partyFRELIMO
OccupationEconomist

Manuel Chang (Chinese: 曼努埃尔·郑; born 22 August 1955 in Gaza Province) is a Mozambican economist and former politician of the FRELIMO party. From 2005 to 2015 he served as the Minister of Economy and Finance in the cabinet of President Armando Guebuza. He replaced Luísa Diogo as Finance Minister in February 2005. His work as Finance Minister was intertwined in a debt scandal. In January 2015 when President Filipe Nyusi assumed office he replaced Chang as Finance Minister with Adriano Maleiane.