H.E. Ms. Abigail Cosme

Diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Degree in Linguistics from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and a Master's degree in Linguistics, in the Creole area, from the same institute.

Postgraduate in Special Education, Cognitive and Motor Sciences from the Odivelas Institute of Educational Sciences.

Between 2011 and 2014: research fellow at the Linguistics Center of the University of Lisbon as part of the project: “The origins and development of creole societies in the Gulf of Guinea: an interdisciplinary study”.
 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities

Assigned to the International Cooperation Directorate/Bilateral Department, responsible for the Africa, Asia and Latin America dossiers.

2019: State National Protocol Coordinator.

General coordinator of the technical committee for the preparation of the XIV Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP).

Focal Point for Cooperation.

Advisor to the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Director of the Support Office for the Presidency of the CPLP.

2016: Appointed Political-Diplomatic Advisor at the CPLP

Lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of São Tomé and Príncipe, on the degree programmes in Portuguese Language

President of the Scientific Council of the International Portuguese Language Institute of the CPLP.