The position of president dates from Angola's independence from Portugal. Agostinho Neto obtained the position when his People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola won control of the country from the Portuguese. When Neto died in 1979, José Eduardo dos Santos succeeded him.

He was elected president of Angola on 23 August 2017 and took office on 26 September becoming the third president in the country's history. On 8 September 2018, he was elected president of the MPLA, Angola's ruling party since 1975, becoming its 5th party leader.

This article lists the presidents of Angola since the establishment of the office of president in 1975. The current president is João Lourenço. He assumed the office on 26 September 2017. [1]

2022年9月15日 · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (born 5 March 1954) 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.

2020年8月24日 · Presently, he is an (FAA) Angolan Armed Forces off-duty Three-Star-General. Since 1985, he has integrated the MPLA Central Committee, became a member of its Political Bureau since 1990, and following the VII MPLA Ordinary Congress, held on 2016, he is elected Vice-President of the MPLA.

2022年9月15日 · Angolan president João Lourenço pledged on Thursday to be "the president of all Angolans" during his inauguration for a second term in the capital, Luanda. The ceremony took place under a...

…name came to the fore: João Lourenço, a longtime member of the MPLA who was serving as vice president of the party and as the country’s minister of defense. In February 2017 Lourenço was confirmed as the party’s presidential candidate in the general election scheduled for August of that year. Read More; history of Angola

2024年8月13日 · The re-elected president of Angola, João Lourenço, promised to press on with political commitments with courage and responsibility during his second mandate. On Monday, the National Electoral...

2022年9月15日 · Angolan President Joao Lourenco vowed to push ahead with economic reform on Thursday as he was sworn in for a second term after a divisive electoral win. His new deputy, Esperanca Maria da Costa, 61, a college professor and biologist, was also sworn in, becoming Angola's first female vice president.

The newly re-elected President of Angola, João Lourenço said this on 15 September during his inauguration ceremony where he also extended an olive branch to the opposition and called for...