Lopo do Nascimento
Lopo do Nascimento | |
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| 1st Prime Minister of Angola | |
| In office 11 November 1975 – 9 December 1978 | |
| President | Agostinho Neto |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento 10 July 1942 Luanda, Overseas Province of Angola, Portugal |
| Political party | MPLA |
Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento (born 10 July 1942) is an Angolan retired politician. He served as the first Prime Minister of Angola from 11 November 1975 to 9 December 1978 and was Secretary-General of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).
Nascimento was later Minister of Territorial Administration; after resigning from that post, he was replaced by Paulo Kassoma on 9 April 1992.[1] He was elected as MPLA Secretary-General by the party's Central Committee in 1993.[2]
He was the 66th candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 parliamentary election.[3][4] He won a seat in that election, in which MPLA won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly.[4]
On 27 January 2013 he announced his retirement from active politics.[5]
References
- ^ "Apr 1992 - Election date - Cabinet changes", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 38, April, 1992 Angola, Page 38851.
- ^ Africa Research Bulletin (1993), Blackwell, page 10,964.
- ^ "Eleições: Lista integral dos candidatos do MPLA, antigo PM Marcolino Moco fora, nova cara Akwá" Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, Angola Xyami, July 5, 2008 (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b List of deputies elected in the 2008 election Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, CNE website (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Diário de Notícias". DN. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
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