Ismael Abraao GASPAR MARTINS President of the Peacebuilding Commission of the United Nations; Permanent Representative of the Republic of Angola to the United Nations, New York
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| Bachelor's degree in economics from Lycoming College in Pennsylvania, United States, post-graduate studies in economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany | |
| 1969-1971 | Diploma in economic development, Oxford University |
| 1971-1972 | Research officer on agricultural development policies in Africa for the UNRISD |
| in Geneva | |
| 1972-1975 | Economic affairs officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| 1975 | External and economic affairs adviser to the President of Angola |
| 1976-1977 | Governor of the Central Bank of Angola |
| 1977-1982 | Minister of Finance |
| 1982-1987 | Angola's Minister of External Trade |
| 1989-1995 | Executive Director of the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1996-2000 | Southern African Development Community Task Force at the World Economic |
| Forum Summit | |
| from 1996 | Founding member and Co-President of the Angola - South Africa Chamber of |
| Commerce and Industry, concurrently Managing Director of Gaspar Martins and | |
| Associates International Business Consultants | |
| 2001 | -Present Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations |
| 2003-2004 | Appointed as the Representative of Angola to the UN Security Council |
| 2003 | President of the Security Council |
| 2004 | Chairman, Forum of Mine Affected Countries (FOMAC) |
| 2006-2007 | Chairman, Peacebuilding Commission |
