1963, joined FRELIMO; 1964, left Mozambique; arrested by the Southern Rhodesian police and jailed; handed over to PIDE; released and left for Swaziland; arrested in Bechuanaland; handed over to the UN High Commission for Refugees and sent to Zambia; then went to Tanzania; military training; 1966, Private Secretary to President Mondlane; 1966, Secretary for Education and Culture; 1968, Inspector, FRELIMO schools and, 1970, National Political Commissar; held the portfolio of Home Affairs, Transition Gov't; Interior Minister, first gov't of independent Mozambique; 1977, Member, FRELIMO Standing Political Cttee; 1977, National Defence Deputy Minister; 1978, Governor, Prov. of Cabo Delgado; 1981, Governor, Prov. of Sofala; 1983, Interior Minister; 1984, Minister, President's Office; 1986, Minister of Transport and Communications; 1990, Head, Gov't delegation to Rome talks resulting in the General Peace Agreement in 1992; 1992, Head, Gov't delegation to the Commission for the Supervision and Implementation of the General Peace Agreement; 2002, became Secretary-General, FRELIMO; February 2005, sworn in as Mozambique's third President; March 2005, elected President, FRELIMO Ruling Party.