Letter of condolence

Dear friends,

It was with great sadness that we received the news yesterday, 9 July, of the death of Luís Mourão Garcês da Silva, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Angola’s Regulatory Institute for Electricity and Water Services (IRSEA) and current Secretary of the General Assembly of the Association of Energy Regulators of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (RELOP).

Luís Mourão, who had been Chairman of IRSEA’s Board of Directors since 2016, when the Regulatory Institute was created, has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree in Regulatory Law.

Always present and very active, he took part in the creation of RELOP, back in 2008, and throughout his career as a representative of the Angolan regulator in our Association, he has held positions on the Board of Directors, as President (2014-2015 biennium) and Vice-President (2010-2011; 2012-2013 biennia); on the General Assembly, as President (2018-2019 biennium) and Secretary (2024-2025 biennium); and on the Supervisory Board, as a Member (2020-2021; 2022-2023 biennia).

Luís Mourão, the only member representative since the creation of RELOP, has dedicated part of his brilliant career to the energy regulation sector with great professionalism, commitment and a sense of justice. Within RELOP, he has always acted with enthusiasm and in a firm and collaborative manner, contributing to the growth of our Association. His aptitude and great knowledge of the regulatory sector were notorious.

On behalf of the RELOP members who had the great pleasure and honour of working with and learning from Luís Mourão over the years, I would like to express my sincere and heartfelt tribute to his family and our colleagues at IRSEA.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you on this difficult and painful day.

Strength and faith to get through this time.

And we would like to thank our late friend Luís Mourão for all his contributions, commitment and dedication to RELOP.

Sandoval Feitosa

President of RELOP

General Diretor of ANEEL – BRASIL