Júlio Pereira Mendes

Married, born on November 5, 1970, in the Autonomous Region of Príncipe, where he spent his entire life and completed his education.
From 1991 to 2017, he participated in various technical and professional training programs, including:

• Training as a Pepper Cultivation Production Agent;
• Seminar on “Export Incentives”;
• Course on Management and Associative Animation;
• International Advanced Course on “Participatory Management in Self-Promotion Organizations”;
• Training for members of the Board of Directors of Self-Promotion Organizations;
• Training on the Importance and Management of Treated Water;
• Training Cycle for Brigade Leaders and Managers of Interest Groups for Road Maintenance (GIME);
• Agricultural Technical Trainers Training;
• Training on Management, Organization, Budgetary Control, and Auditing in Public Administration;
• General Agrotechnology Training;
• Workshop on the Development and Implementation of Development Projects;
• Technical Capacity Building in Agriculture and Training in Conservation and Botany.

Professional Career:
From 1993 to 2022, he held various positions, including:

• President of the Board of Directors of the Pincaté Small Farmers' Agricultural Cooperative (PICOOP);
• President of the Board of Directors of UNACOOP – Union of Cooperative Associations of Small Farmers;
• Alternate Deputy to the National Assembly for the Movimento Novo Rumo;
• Associative Animator at the NGO ZATONA-Adil;
• Manager of Road Maintenance Interest Group GIME 30;
• Agricultural Animator at the NGO ADAPPA under the Agricultural Production Capacity Improvement Project (M.C.P.A.);
• Agricultural Technician at the Regional Directorate of Agriculture;
• Head of the Regional Department of Forests and Biodiversity;
• Coordinator of the Regional Directorate for the Environment and Nature Conservation;
• Deputy to the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe;
• Parliamentary Leader of the UMPP Bench;
• Vice-President of the Regional Legislative Assembly of Príncipe.

In 2022, he was appointed Regional Secretary for the Biosphere, Environment, Agriculture, and Rural Development in the VIII Government of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe.