Lopo do Nascimento | |
|---|---|
) | |
| 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.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Position established | Prime Minister of Angola 1975–1978 | Succeeded by Position abolished |
| Preceded by Paulino Pinto João | Minister of Domestic Trade 1977–1979 | Succeeded by Florêncio Gamaliel Gaspar |
| Preceded by Roberto A.V. Francisco de Almeida | Minister of Foreign Trade 1979–1982 | Succeeded by Ismael Martins |
| Preceded by Roberto A.V. Francisco de Almeida | Minister of Planning 1981–1986 | Succeeded by António Henriques da Silva |
| Preceded by Rafael Sapilinha Sambalanga | Provincial Commissioner of Huíla 1986-1990 | Succeeded by Dumilde das Chagas Rangel |
| Preceded by | Minister of Territory Administration 1991–1992 | Succeeded by António Paulo Cassoma |