Assunção dos Anjos explained

Office:Advisor to the President of Angola
Term Start:2010
Term End:2022
Office1:Ambassador of Angola to Spain
Term Start1:1993
Term End1:1999
Predecessor1:Kamu de Almeida
Successor1:Gen. Pedro Sebastião
Office2:Ambassador of Angola to France
Term Start2:1999
Term End2:2002
Predecessor2:Boaventura Cardoso
Successor2:Ambrósio Lukoki
Office3:Ambassador of Angola to Portugal
Term Start3:2002
Term End3:2008
Predecessor3:Osvaldo Serra Van-Dúnem
Successor3:José Marcos Barrica
Office4:Foreign Minister of Angola
Term Start4:2008
Term End4:2010
Predecessor4:João Miranda
Successor4:Georges Chicoti
Birth Date:13 February 1946
Birth Place:Luanda, Portuguese West Africa (now Angola)
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Nationality:Angolan

Assunção Afonso de Sousa dos Anjos (13 February 1946 – 12 December 2022)[1] [2] was an Angolan diplomat who was Angola's Minister of External Relations from 2008 to 2010.

Biography

Anjos was born in Luanda and worked at the Ministry of External Relations as Director for Africa and the Middle East. He was Director of the Cabinet of the First Deputy Prime Minister, Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Planning, and then[3] Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic from 1979[3] [4] to 1993,[3] under José Eduardo dos Santos.[3] [4] Subsequently, he was Ambassador to Spain until being dismissed from that post at his own request in November 1999.[5] He was then Ambassador to France; in October 2002, while still holding that post, he strongly denied that Angola had any military presence in Côte d'Ivoire during that country's civil war.[6]

Anjos was instead appointed Ambassador to Portugal in early August 2002[7] and was sworn into that post by President dos Santos on 18 December 2002.[8] He was later appointed Minister of External Relations on 1 October 2008,[4] having been recalled from his post as Ambassador to Portugal immediately beforehand.[9] In 2010 he was replaced by Georges Chicoti and subsequently appointed a presidential adviser.[10]

Anjos was a member of the Central Committee of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Embaixada da República de Angola em Portugal.
  2. https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ao/noticias/morreu-assuncao-dos-anjos-ex-ministro-das-relacoes-exteriores/ Morreu Assunção dos Anjos, ex-ministro das Relações Exteriores
  3. http://embangola.artedesign-net.pt/content.php?id=noticia&nid=1003 "Perfil do novo Ministro das Relações Exteriores Dr. Assunção dos Anjos"
  4. http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/politica/Perfil-alguns-ministros-governo-Angola,dc0184d8-de02-455f-9ccc-873a3bc410ab.html "Perfil de alguns ministros do governo de Angola"
  5. "Angola: Top aide, seven envoys "relieved of their posts at their own request"", Radio Nacional de Angola, Luanda, 24 November 1999.
  6. http://www.mg.co.za/article/2002-01-01-angola-denies-involvement-in-ivory-coast-conflict "Angola denies involvement in Ivory Coast conflict"
  7. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25949831_ITM "Angolan government nominates new ambassador to Portugal"
  8. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27030672_ITM "Angola: President swears in new provincial governors, intelligence chief"
  9. http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/politica/Presidente-Republica-nomeia-novos-membros-Governo,66d43d4c-52b4-47ff-b9fc-4cc7fdd13e40.html "Presidente da República nomeia novos membros do Governo"
  10. Web site: Assunção dos Anjos nomeado consultor do PR.