Office1: | Provincial Commissioner of Luanda |
Term Start1: | 1980 |
Term End1: | 1981 |
Predecessor1: | Mendes de Carvalho |
Successor1: | Evaristo Domingos Kimba |
Office2: | Ambassador of Angola to Yugoslavia |
Term Start2: | 1981 |
Term End2: | 1987 |
Predecessor2: | João Filipe Martins |
Successor2: | Manuel Bernardo de Sousa |
Office3: | Ambassador of Angola to Brazil |
Term Start3: | 1987 |
Term End3: | 1993 |
Predecessor3: | Position established |
Successor3: | Manuel Alfredo Salvaterra |
Office4: | Deputy Foreign Minister |
Term Start4: | 2002 |
Term End4: | 2004 |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1942 |
Birth Place: | Luanda, Angola |
Death Place: | Luanda, Angola |
Nationality: | Angolan |
Party: | MPLA |
Francisco Romão de Oliveira e Silva (October 1, 1942 – July 25, 2004) was an Angolan politician who served as the deputy foreign minister. He played an important part in Angola's war of independence against Portugal.
He was the Governor of Luanda Province from 1980 to 1981, ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1981 to 1987 and ambassador to Brazil from 1987 to 1993.
He died in an apparent suicide by leaping from the eighth story of the Hotel Presidente in the capital city, Luanda.[1] [2]