User:JohnArmagh/Heads of State of Angola
List of Heads of State of Angola
Affiliations:-
FNLA = Frente Nacional de Libertação para de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola) - northern regionalist, estd.1957 as UPNA: Unio das Populacoes do Norte de Angola)
MPLA-PT = Movimiento Popular da Libertação de Angola - Partido de Trabalho (Popular Liberation Movement of Angola-Labour Party) - authoritarian/extreme leftist, primarily ethnic Kimbundu (renounced marxism 26 March 1991, only legal party Nov 1975-1991
PDL = Partido Democratico Liberale (Liberal Democatic Party)
UNITA = União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) - authoritarian/conservative, primarily ethinic Ovimbundu
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 November 1975 to 10 September 1979 | António Agostinho Neto, President | MPLA-PT | Died in office |
| 10 September 1979 to 21 September 1979 | José Eduardo dos Santos, acting President | MPLA-PT | |
| 21 September 1979 to present | José Eduardo dos Santos, President | MPLA-PT |