Julião Mateus Paulo Explained

Office1:Provincial Commissioner of Benguela
Term Start1:1979
Term End1:1981
Predecessor1:Garcia Vaz Contreiras
Successor1:Kundi Paihama
Office2:Minister of State Security
Term Start2:1981
Term End2:1986
Predecessor2:Kundi Paihama
Successor2:Kundi Paihama
Office3:Secretary-General of the MPLA
Term Start3:12 December 2003
Term End3:27 August 2016
Predecessor3:João Lourenço
Successor3:Paulo Kassoma
Birth Date:30 December 1942
Birth Place:Bengo, Angola
Nationality:Angolan
Party:MPLA

Julião Mateus Paulo is an Angolan politician and former Secretary-General of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). He is widely known by his wartime nom de guerre, Dino Matrosse.[1]

He succeeded João Lourenço as MPLA Secretary-General at a December 2003 party congress.[2]

Paulo was the fourth candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 parliamentary election.[3] [4] He won a seat in this election, in which MPLA won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20060909033246/http://www.tricontinental.cubaweb.cu/solidaridad/texto94.html
  2. http://www.irinnews.org/feature/2003/12/17/dos-santos-helm "Dos Santos at the helm"
  3. "Eleições: Lista integral dos candidatos do MPLA, antigo PM Marcolino Moco fora, nova cara Akwá", Angola Xyami, July 5, 2008 . Web site: Angola Xyami - Notícias de Angola, de África e do Mundo - Eleições: Lista integral dos candidatos do MPLA, antigo PM Marcolino Moco fora, nova cara Akwá . 2016-11-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080818231257/http://www.angolaxyami.com/Eleicoes-em-Angola/Eleicoes-Lista-integral-dos-candidatos-do-MPLA-antigo-PM-Marcolino-Moco-fora-nova-cara-Akwa.html . 18 August 2008 .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20080919225300/http://www.cne.ao/listadep.html List of deputies elected in the 2008 election