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José Eduardo dos Santos

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José Eduardo dos Santos
Preses o Angola
In office
21 September 1979 – 26 September 2017
Actin: 10 September 1979 - 21 September 1979
Prime MeenisterFernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem
Marcolino Moco
Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem
Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
Paulo Kassoma[1]
Vice PresesFernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
Manuel Vicente
Precedit biAgostinho Neto
Succeedit biJoao Lourenco
Personal details
Born28 August 1942(1942-08-28)
Luanda, Owerseas Province o Angola, Portugal [2]
Dee'd8 Julie 2022 (aged 79)
Barcelona, Catalonie, Spain
Poleetical pairtyPopular Movement for the Liberation o Angola
Spoose(s)Ana Paula dos Santos (3rd wife)
BairnsJosé
Alma materAzerbaijan State Ile Academy
ReligionRoman Catholicism [3]

José Eduardo dos Santos (born 28 August 1942; deed 8 Julie 2022)[4] wis an Angolan politeecian who wis Preses o Angola frae 1979 tae 2017. As Preses, José Eduardo dos Santos wis an aa the commander in chief o the Angolan Airmed Forces (FAA) an preses o the Fowk's Movement for the Liberation o Angola (MPLA), the pairty that has ruled Angola syne it gained unthirldom in 1975.[5]

References

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  1. Poseetion abolished in 2010.
  2. José Eduardo dos Santos: Biography from. Answers.com. Retrieved on 9 January 2011.
  3. baptized, but nae practicin
  4. W. Martin James and Susan Herlin Broadhead, Historical Dictionary of Angola (2004), Scarecrow Press, page 145.
  5. "Introduction ::Angola". Archived frae the original on 6 Mey 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2013.