Adalberto Costa Júnior (born 8 May 1962) is an Angolan politician,current president of UNITA and a member of the National Assembly of Angola. [1]
He trained in electrotechnical engineering at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto and in public ethics at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. [2]
He has campaigned against political corruption. He was the godson of UNITA founder and leader Jonas Savimbi. [3]
In November 2019,Júnior was elected as president of UNITA,ending Isaias Samakuva's 16-year term.[ citation needed ]
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The Angolan Armed Forces or FAA is the military of Angola. The FAA consist of the Angolan Army,the Angolan Navy and the National Air Force of Angola. Reported total manpower in 2021 was about 107,000. The FAA is headed by the Chief of the General Staff António Egídio de Sousa Santos since 2018,who reports to the minister of National Defense,currently João Ernesto dos Santos.
Angola was first settled by San hunter-gatherer societies before the northern domains came under the rule of Bantu states such as Kongo and Ndongo. In the 15th century,Portuguese colonists began trading,and a settlement was established at Luanda during the 16th century. Portugal annexed territories in the region which were ruled as a colony from 1655,and Angola was incorporated as an overseas province of Portugal in 1951. After the Angolan War of Independence,which ended in 1974 with an army mutiny and leftist coup in Lisbon,Angola achieved independence in 1975 through the Alvor Agreement. After independence,Angola entered a long period of civil war that lasted until 2002.
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