Agostinho Neto

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Antonio Agostinho Neto
Official Portrait, 1975
1st President of Angola
In office
11 November 1975 ? 10 September 1979
Prime Minister Lopo do Nascimento (1975-1978)
Preceded by Position estabilished
Succeeded by Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Chairman of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
In office
10 December 1956 ? 10 September 1979
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Personal details
Born ( 1910-09-17 ) 17 September 1910
Icolo e Bengo, Bengo , Overseas Province of Angola , Portugal
Died 10 September 1979 (1979-09-10) (aged 68)
Moscow , Soviet Union
Political party MPLA
Spouse(s) Maria Eugenia da Silva [1]

Antonio Agostinho Neto (17 September 1910 ? 10 September 1979) was an Angolan politician and poet . [2] [3] He was the first President of Angola , serving from 1975?1979 after he leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence that lasted from 1961?1974. [4]

He died of inoperable cancer on 10 September 1979 in a hospital in Moscow , Russia , aged 68. [5]

Sources [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ James, W. Martin (2004). Historical Dictionary of Angola . pp.  110 .
  2. ↑ "Angola: Is this the country Agostinho Neto dreamt of? - Pambazuka News" . Retrieved 21 May 2016 .
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia of World Biography: Michael-Orleans . Gale Research. 1998. ISBN   978-0-7876-2551-1 .
  4. ↑ Anatoli? Mikha?lovich Khazanov (1986). Agostinho Neto . Progress Publishers.
  5. ↑ Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series . Blackwell. 1979.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Position created 		President of Angola
1975?1979 		Succeeded by
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
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