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José Eduardo dos Santos
José Eduardo Van-Dúnem dos Santos was an Angolan politician and military officer who served as the second president of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As president, 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 won independence in 1975. By the time he steppe…
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politics · President of Angola from 1979 to 2017 · politician · engineer · minister · also José Eduardo dos Santos, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, José Eduardo Van-Dúnem dos Santos, Santos
Born 28 August 1942 · Died 8 July 2022 · Q57313
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2022· 2 entries
Died 2022-07-08.
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A few years after he left office, more than half of the more than 30 million Angolans subsisted on less than US$1
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2020· 2 entries
Claimed: ““I am Russian by birth. … I did not restore my citizenship; I always kept it.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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Dos Santos's successor, João Lourenço, estimated that more than $24 billion was stolen or misappropriated under dos Santos, allegedly through diversion of oil revenue, patronage, and government contracts
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2017· 2 entries
Was the second-longest-serving president in Africa, surpassed only by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea
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Succeeded by party-mate João Lourenço as president
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Honour (2012).
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo (2010).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Friendship (2006).
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2001· 1 entry
Dos Santos announced that he would step down at the next presidential election
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Contributed to a rebel invasion of neighboring Zaire during the First Congo War, leading to the overthrow of Congolese UNITA ally Mobutu Sese Seko and the installation of Laurent-Désiré Kabila as President of the Demo
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1996).
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1993· 1 entry
While Savimbi and UNITA refused to give up territory won through battle, the United States, involved in settling peace talks between the two rival parties and leaders in order to work out a power sharing arrangement, dec
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Agostinho Neto (1991).
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Dos Santos married his fourth and final wife, Ana Paula de Lemos, a former flight attendant and model
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (1988).
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And the Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword in 1996
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1979· 2 entries
Dos Santos was elected by the MPLA as the country's new president, supported by the Soviet Union and inheriting a civil war against Western-backed anti-communist rebels, most notably UNITA
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Career landmark: President of Angola (1979–2017).
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1975· 2 entries
As a Marxist–Leninist one-party state led by the MPLA
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Career landmark: Minister of External Relations (1975–1977).
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1974· 1 entry
Was promoted to sub-commander of the telecoms service of the second region
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1970· 1 entry
Dos Santos returned to Angola, which was still a Portuguese territory known as the Overseas Province of Angola
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-08-28.
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