Lopo do Nascimento

Lopo do Nascimento
Lopo do Nascimento
1st Prime Minister of Angola
	In office; 11 November 1975 – 9 December 1978
President	Agostinho Neto
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento; 10 July 1942; Luanda, Overseas Province of Angola, Portugal
Political party	MPLA

Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento (born 10 July 1942) is an Angolan retired politician. He served as the first Prime Minister of Angola from 11 November 1975 to 9 December 1978 and was Secretary-General of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).

Nascimento was later Minister of Territorial Administration; after resigning from that post, he was replaced by Paulo Kassoma on 9 April 1992.[1] He was elected as MPLA Secretary-General by the party's Central Committee in 1993.[2]

He was the 66th candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 parliamentary election.[3][4] He won a seat in that election, in which MPLA won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly.[4]

On 27 January 2013 he announced his retirement from active politics.[5]

References

"Apr 1992 - Election date - Cabinet changes", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 38, April, 1992 Angola, Page 38851.
Africa Research Bulletin (1993), Blackwell, page 10,964.
"Eleições: Lista integral dos candidatos do MPLA, antigo PM Marcolino Moco fora, nova cara Akwá" Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, Angola Xyami, July 5, 2008 (in Portuguese).
List of deputies elected in the 2008 election Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, CNE website (in Portuguese).
"Diário de Notícias". DN. Retrieved 2017-09-12.

Political offices
Preceded by Position established	Prime Minister of Angola 1975–1978	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by Paulino Pinto João	Minister of Domestic Trade 1977–1979	Succeeded by Florêncio Gamaliel Gaspar
Preceded by Roberto A.V. Francisco de Almeida	Minister of Foreign Trade 1979–1982	Succeeded by Ismael Martins
Preceded by Roberto A.V. Francisco de Almeida	Minister of Planning 1981–1986	Succeeded by António Henriques da Silva
Preceded by Rafael Sapilinha Sambalanga	Provincial Commissioner of Huíla 1986-1990	Succeeded by Dumilde das Chagas Rangel
Preceded by	Minister of Territory Administration 1991–1992	Succeeded by António Paulo Cassoma

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[1] "Apr 1992 - Election date - Cabinet changes", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 38, April, 1992 Angola, Page 38851.

[2] Africa Research Bulletin (1993), Blackwell, page 10,964.

[3] "Eleições: Lista integral dos candidatos do MPLA, antigo PM Marcolino Moco fora, nova cara Akwá" Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, Angola Xyami, July 5, 2008 (in Portuguese).

[CNE-4] List of deputies elected in the 2008 election Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, CNE website (in Portuguese).

[5] "Diário de Notícias". DN. Retrieved 2017-09-12.