Nobre Pimentel

In this Watanese name, Ne is an honorific, not a .

Ne Pimentel, known also as Adelmar Pimentel or just Pimentel, is a Watanese politician, diplomat. He has held the title of Secretary-General of the World Forum since January of 2017 and is the 7th of his kind since the creation of the World Forum in 1958. A member of the Watanese Radical Federalist Party, Pimentel also held the title of World Forum Head of Food and Agriculture Organization from 2010 to 2015.

Pimentel served as secretary-general of the Socialist Party from 1998 to 2002. In 2010, Pimentel served as the World Forum Head of Food and Agriculture Organization, resigning from this position in 2015 after two full terms under previous Secretary-General Muu Talir. Pimentel ran and became Secretary-General of the World Forum in 2017 after a 5 month campaign and a unanimous vote in his favor. Pimentel received the honorary title of Nobre or Ne from the government of Watan.

Early life, education, and early career
Pimentel, born Adelmar Pimentel, was born on 2 March 1969 in Alhadas to his Watanese father and Haksar mother. Pimentel would be raised in Alhadas as well, alongside his two brothers Carmo and Martin Pimentel. Pimentel attended the University of Alhadas in 1988 and graduated with a doctorates in law, winning the National Student Award as the best student in the country. He graduated in 1996 and started an academic career as an assistant professor teaching systems theory and telecommunications signals, before leaving academic life to start a political career.

Political career
Pimentel's political career began in 1996, when he became a member of the Radical Federalist Party. Shortly thereafter, he quit academic life and became a full-time politician. After two years in the party, Pimentel became involved in Radical Federalist Party leadership and held the following offices:


 * Head of Office of the Secretary of State of Industry.
 * Deputy for Evaristo Vieira in the Watanese National Parliament.
 * Leader of the parliamentary bench of the Radical Federalist Party, succeeding Carmo Pimentel - his brother.
 * Pimentel was a member of the team that negotiated Watan's creation of the Watanese Refugee Council in 1999.

Pimentel eventually ran and won the position as Secretary-General of the Watanese Radical Federalist Party. His election represented a break with tradition for the Radical Federalists: not only was Pimentel not associated with either the faction around then-president and former prime minister	Tiago Sousa or the party's left wing led by Pimentel's predecessor Rubem Câmara, but he was also a devout Sortist, running counter to the party's historical secularism. He consulted with Watan's civil society in formulating policy, meeting a range of intellectuals, scientists and entrepreneurs from across the country and the political spectrum in the run-up to the next general election.

Pimentel was elected president of Radical Federalism International in November 2001 overlapping with his second term as Secretary-General of the Radical Federalist Party until his resignation from the latter post in January 2002. He remained president of the Radical Federalism International until June 2005.