João Melo
Anibal João da Silva Melo (born September 5, 1955) is a writer, journalist, and was a member of the National Assembly of Angola. Melo currently serves in the position of the Ministro da Comunicação Social.
Also recorded as Anibal João Melo · Anibal Joao da Silva Melo
João Melo
- Name
- João Melo
- Born
- 5 September 1955
- Birthplace
- Luanda, Angola
- Known for
- * Author
- Nationality
- Angola
- Occupation
- writer · journalist · poet · politician · minister · member of parliament
- Fields
- journalism · belletristic literature
- Education
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Languages
- Portuguese
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Anibal João da Silva Melo (born September 5, 1955) is a writer, journalist, and was a member of the National Assembly of Angola. Melo currently serves in the position of the Ministro da Comunicação Social.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
João Melo (born 1955) is a journalist, member of parliament and minister, among other activities, a national of Angola. The journalist was born in Luanda.
João Melo was educated at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The journalist held the positions of Member of the National Assembly of Angola and Minister of Social Communication of Angola. Activity centred on belletristic literature and journalism. Languages used include Portuguese.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 01 October 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for João Melo. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3810723
In this article
Biography
Biography
João Melo studied at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The recorded working language is Portuguese. The field of work recorded is journalism and belletristic literature. Positions recorded include Member of the National Assembly of Angola and Minister of Social Communication of Angola.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — João Melo • Office — Minister of Social Communication of Angola • Term Start — 2017 • Predecessor — José Luís de Matos • Born — 5 September 1955 • Birthplace — Luanda, Angola • Known for — * Author • Journalist • Poet • Alma Mater — * Universidade Federal Fluminense • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro • Party — MPLA
Early life and education
Early life and education
Anibal João Melo was born on September 5, 1955, in Luanda Province, Angola. His family included his father, Anibal de Melo and his mother, Helena Guerra. Due to his father's military service and political career toward Angolan independence, he lived without his father for most of his childhood. He eventually reconnected with his father when he was fifteen. Aníbal João attended Faculdade de Direito, Coimbra, later attending Universidade Federal Fluminense, located in Niteroi province, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. In 1991, he graduated from his studies at Universidade Federal Fluminense, obtaining an undergraduate degree. In 1994, he obtained a master's degree in communication and culture from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Career
Career
He has been a writer since 1985 with his first poem collection Definição, and has been writing ever since. Then He went on to join the National Assembly of Angola.
Other works
Other works
Short stories were later added to his repertoire • Imitação de Sartre e Simone de Beauvoir (1998) • Filhos da Pátria (2001)
Identity
Identity
João Melo is recorded with the occupation member of parliament. Recorded as writer, journalist, poet, politician and minister.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1955
João Melo was born on 5 September 1955.
Publications
• Definição (1985) • Fabulema (1986) • Poemas Angolanos (1989) • Tanto Amor (1989) • Canção do Nosso Tempo (1991) • O caçador de nuvens (1993) • Limites e Redundâncias (1997) • A luz mínima (2004) • Todas as palavras (2006) • Autorretrato (2007) • Novos poemas de amor (2009) • Cântico da terra e dos homens. Lisboa: Editorial Caminho, 2010.
Honors
• Prémio Maboque de Jornalismo (2008)
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witness
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
His recorded language was Portuguese. Melo worked in journalism and belletristic literature. Recorded positions include Member of the National Assembly of Angola and Minister of Social Communication of Angola. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
Identity and origins
Career and activity
Within the Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,988 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- João AlminoAuthor
- João Cabral de Melo NetoAuthor
- João de DeusAuthor
- João Ferreira de AlmeidaAuthor
- João Paulo Borges CoelhoAuthor
- João SoaresAuthor
- João VárioAuthor
- Joaquim Amat-PiniellaAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by João Melo?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.