Valentim Amões Explained

Valentim Amões
Birth Date:1959 9, df=yes
Nationality:Angolan

Valentim Amões (4 July 1960 - 19 January 2008) was an Angolan politician and businessman.

Born in the village of Camela (now known as Camela Amões Village) in the Huambo Province, he was a member of the Central Committee of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), having defected from UNITA.[1]

He was killed along with 12 other people on 19 January 2008, when a B-200 aircraft headed for Huambo City struck the Serra Mbave mountains in the Huambo Province.[2] Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos said that he "was a dynamic, courageous and perspicacious businessman".[3] He was 47 on the day of the tragedy.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Daniel Metcalfe, Blue Dahlia, Black Gold: A Journey Into Angola (Hutchinson, 2013), Arrow Books, 2014, pp. 142–43.
  2. http://allafrica.com/stories/200801230968.html "Angola: Opposition Unita Regrets Death of Valentim Amões"
  3. http://allafrica.com/stories/200801220880.html "Angola: Head of State Praises Late Valentim Amões' Entrepreneurial Qualities"
  4. Web site: Deaths in January 2008. general-books.net. 12 September 2017.

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