relations predecessor religion birth_place nationality party office profession birth_date term_start article_title name alma_mater
uria simango -lrb- father -rrb- chivavice muchangage protestantism tanganyika mozambican mdm -rrb- -lrb- 2009 -- present -rrb- renamo -lrb- 1997-2009 mayor of beira civil engineer 7 february 1964 2003 daviz simango
 daviz simango eduardo mondlane university
daviz simango

daviz mbepo simango -lrb- born february 7 , 1964 -rrb- is a mozambican politician , the president of the democratic movement of mozambique -lrb- mdm -rrb- and the current mayor of beira .
he is son of uria simango , the first vice-president of frelimo .
he joined the renamo in 1997 and became the mayor of beira in 2003 as its candidate .
on march 6 , 2009 , he founded a new party , the mdm .
