President of the Republic of Angola
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Incumbent Joao Lourenco since 26 September 2017
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Agostinho Neto
Formation	11 November 1975
Deputy	Vice President of Angola
Salary	1,024,207.74 Kwanzas annually [1]

The President of the Republic of Angola is both head of state and head of government in Angola . The President picked a Prime Minister . Most of the decisions are made by the President.

Angola started having a President when they got independence from Portugal . Agostinho Neto was the first President.

In January 2010 the National Assembly decided the party with the most seats in the Assembly would become president. It was no longer a public vote. They also decided there would not be a Prime Minister . Instead the job will be done by the vice-president. ^[2]

Presidents of Angola (1975?present) [ change | change source ]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth?Death)	Term of office			Political party	Election	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
People's Republic of Angola
1		Neto, Agostinho Agostinho Neto (1910?1979)	11 November 1975	10 September 1979 †	3 years, 303 days	MPLA	?	[3]
?		Lara, Lucio Lucio Lara (1918?2016) [ source? ]	11 September 1979	20 September 1979	9 days	MPLA	?	?
2		Santos, Jose Jose Eduardo dos Santos (1935?2022)	21 September 1979	27 August 1992	12 years, 341 days	MPLA	1980 1986	[3]
Republic of Angola
2		Santos, Jose Jose Eduardo dos Santos (1935?2022)	27 August 1992	26 September 2017	25 years, 29 days	MPLA	1992 2008 2012	[3]
3		Lourenco, Joao Joao Lourenco (born 1943)	26 September 2017	Incumbent	6 years, 236 days	MPLA	2017	[3]

Note: For details of the post of President of Angola, see President of Angola .

References [ change | change source ]

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