Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), Anselmo Viriato Monteiro, was recently honoured with the Special African Leadership Commendation Award during the just-concluded 9th edition of the International Forum on African-Caribbean Leadership (IFAL), which was held on the margins of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the New York Hilton Midtown, USA, on September 21, 2023, with the theme: African-Caribbean Cooperation and Today’s Geopolitics.
Anselmo Viriato Monteiro is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS). During his career, Monteiro has held various positions in both the public and private sectors. His versatility in leadership has allowed him to embrace the challenges in sports, where he is part of management, with more than 30 years of experience. Through the Administrative Reform Programme implemented by the Angolan government, the Integrated Citizen Assistance Service (SIAC) was created and inaugurated in September 2007, and Anselmo Monteiro was called to exercise the functions of Head of the Department for Public and Private Business Services until 2012, when he was promoted to Director General of the same institution.
In August 2020, Anselmo Monteiro was appointed as Director-General of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), and as a result of its statutory amendment, he became President of the Board of Directors for that same institution in September 2021.
At the International Forum on African-Caribbean Leadership (IFAL) in New York, Mr. Anselmo Viriato Monteiro was honoured, alongside the President of Guyana, H.E. Dr.Mohamed Irfaan Ali; the Vice President of The Gambia, H.E. Muhammad B. S. Jallow; and the Minister for Sea, Culture, and Tourism, Cabo Verde, Hon. Jose Gonçalves.
Other high-level policymakers and business and diplomatic leaders at the event in New York include H.E. Dr. Mamadou Tangara, Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Gambia; Hon. Serign Modou Njie, Minister of Defence, The Gambia; Amb. Dr. Lamin B. Dibba, The Gambian Ambassador to the United Nations; Amb. Momodou Lamine Bah, The Gambian Ambassador to the United States; Mr. Olukayode Pitan, The Chief Executive of Nigeria’s Bank of Industry; Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, Secretary-General, Committee of Vice Chancellors Of Nigerian Universities; Hon. Rosalyn Myers, Member, South Carolina House of Reps, USA; Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President—Intra-African Trade, AfreximBank; among others.
The International Forum on African-Caribbean Leadership (IFAL) is an annual flagship event of the African Leadership Magazine that is held annually on the side of the United Nations General Assembly. Over the past 8 years, the event has become a platform that connects world leaders, especially from Africa and the Caribbean nations, policymakers, and private sector leaders, with a focus on the challenges and progress of the African people, strengthening trans-regional cooperation between Africa and the Caribbean nations, building strategic partnerships and bilateral cooperation, as well as increasing engagements in trade and investments, innovation and technology transfer, culture and tourism, and other sectors.
