José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos

José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos is an Angolan politician. He was the Minister of Petroleum.

Career
Vasconcelos was Minister of Petroleum from 1999 to 2002. In the latter year, he was replaced as Minister of Petroleum by Desiderio Costa and was instead appointed as Minister of Energy and Water.

Following the September 2008 parliamentary election, Vasconcelos was again appointed as Minister of Petroleum on October 1, 2008. He was designated as President of the OPEC for 2009.