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Events in the year 2014 in Angola . The country had a population of 19,813,180. [1]
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda.
The President of the Republic of Angola is both head of state and head of government in Angola. According to the constitution adopted in 2010, the post of Prime Minister is abolished; executive authority belongs to the President who has also a degree of legislative powers, as he can govern by decree.
José Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who served as President of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As President, José Eduardo dos Santos was also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and President of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party that has ruled Angola since it gained independence in 1975. He was the second-longest-serving president in Africa, surpassed only by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, who took power less than two months before dos Santos.
The Vice President of Angola is the second highest political position in Angola; it is the deputy to the head of state, and is appointed by the president.
Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, known as Nandó, is an Angolan politician who was Vice President of Angola from February 2010 to September 2012. He was the Prime Minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008 and President of the National Assembly of Angola from 2008 to 2010. He has again served as President of the National Assembly since 2012.
Articles related to Angola include:
Santos is a surname of Christian origin in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries and the Philippines.
João Bernardo de Miranda is an Angolan politician who is currently the Ambassador of Angola in France. He was Minister of External Relations of Angola from January 1999 to October 2008 and the Governor of Bengo Province from 2009 to 2018.
Lúcio Lara served as General Secretary of the MPLA during the Angolan War of Independence and Angolan Civil War. Lara, a founding member of the MPLA, led the first MPLA members into Luanda on November 8, 1974. He swore in Agostinho Neto as the first president of the country.
Santos Futebol Clube de Angola is an Angolan football club based in Viana. They play their home games at the Estádio dos Coqueiros and Estádio da Cidadela.
Minister of External Relations of Angola is a cabinet level position in the national government. The position was established in 1975 with José Eduardo dos Santos, a later prime minister. Angola's current foreign minister Georges Rebelo Chicoti has served in the role since November 26, 2010.
Isabel dos Santos is a Russian-Angolan businesswoman, Africa's richest woman and the eldest child of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country from 1979 to 2017. In 2013, according to research by Forbes, her net worth had reached more than two billion US dollars, making her Africa’s first billionaire woman. In November 2015, the BBC named Isabel dos Santos as one of the 100 most influential women in the world.
Events from the year 2007 in Angola
António Paulo Kassoma is an Angolan politician. He was named Prime Minister of Angola in September 2008 and remained in office until the new constitution replaced this function in February 2010. Kassoma then served as President of the National Assembly of Angola from 2010 to 2012. On August 27, 2016 Kassoma was named Party Secretary of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola.
Santoro Finance is an Angolan company based in Lisbon, Portugal. Santoro is a holding and was founded by investor Isabel dos Santos, largest shareholder and oldest daughter of the President of Angola José Eduardo dos Santos. Actual President of Santoro Finance is Mario Moreira Leite da Silva; the main seat is on Avenida da Liberdade in the Portuguese capital.
Legislative elections were held in Angola on 31 August 2012. During campaigning, the opposition UNITA and its offshoot CASA-CE accused and criticised the government of corruption and called for greater transparency; this also led to protests and arrests the day before the election. These were the first elections after the new 2010 Constitution was instituted.
Manuel Domingos Vicente is an Angolan politician who served as Vice President of Angola between September 2012 and September 2017. Previously he was chief executive officer of Sonangol, Angola's state oil company, from 1999 to 2012, and he briefly served in the government as Minister of State for Economic Coordination in 2012.
The following lists events in the year 2014 in Portugal.
Events in the year 2013 in Angola. The country had a population of 19,183,590.
The 2009 Supertaça de Angola was contested by Petro de Luanda, the 2008 Girabola champion and Santos FC, the 2008 Angola Cup winner. On home court, Santos beat Petro 2–0 to secure their 1st title as the away match ended in a 2-1 win for Petro.
João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço,GColIH is an Angolan politician who has served as the President of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018 he became the Chairman of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the ruling party. He was the party's Secretary-General from 1998 to 2003.
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