List of heads of state of the Democratic People's Republic of Angola explained

(Bold italics in name indicates popular nickname)

TenureIncumbentAffiliationNotes
11 November 1975 to 11 February 1976Holden Álvaro Roberto, President of the Joint National Council for the Revolutionvalign=topFNLA 
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, President of the Joint National Council for the Revolutionvalign=topUNITA 
11 February 1976Counter-government suppressed by Angolan government
1979Counter-government restored
1979 to 22 February 2002Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, Presidentvalign=topUNITA 
22 February 2002 to 4 April 2002Paulo Lukamba Gato, interim leader, Secretary-General of UNITAUNITA 
4 April 2002Accord ends Civil War

Affiliations

FNLAFrente Nacional de Libertação de Angola
(National Front for the Liberation of Angola) northern regionalist, estd.1957 as UPNA: (Unio das Populacoes do Norte de Angola)
UNITAUnião Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola
(National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) authoritarian/conservative, primarily ethnic Ovimbundu

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See also