Roberto Leal Monteiro Explained

Office1:Ambassador of Angola to Russia
Term Start1:1999
Term End1:2006
Predecessor1:Luís Doukoui de Castro
Successor1:Samuel Tito Armando
Office2:Minister of the Interior
Term Start2:2006
Term End2:2010
Predecessor2:Osvaldo Serra Van-Dúnem
Successor2:Sebastião J.A. Martins
Nationality:Angolan
Party:MPLA

General Roberto Leal Monteiro, nicknamed Ngongo, is Home Affairs Minister of Angola, a top governmental position in that country.[1] [2] He is - along with fellow "top generals" Higino Carneiro, João Maria de Sousa, Hélder Vieira Dias, and Kundi Paihama - one of the military leaders holding top ministerial posts for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the political party that has ruled Angola since it gained its independence from Portugal in 1975.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Angola: Disarming of civilians in four phases - Angola | ReliefWeb . Reliefweb.int . 2008-03-06 . 2014-08-04.
  2. Web site: Angola: Home Ministry to intensify civilians disarming action - Angola | ReliefWeb . Reliefweb.int . 2008-01-30 . 2014-08-04.
  3. Web site: Private security companies and a parallel State in Angola . AfricaFiles . 2014-08-04.