Maria Elizabeth Simbrão de Carvalho was the Angolan Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union from 2009 to 2018. She was replaced by Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti. Simbrão studied at Angola's Agostinho Neto University where she earned a degre in law. She joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1976, where she undertook several notable assignments, in particular serving as the President's Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1990. After a period as Counselor at the Angolan Embassy in Bonn, she served as Director General of Legal and Consular Affairs and Litigation at the Foreign Ministry from 1994 to 1999. She was then appointed Consul General in Lisbon where she served until 2007.