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José Eduardo dos Santos
President of Angola from 1979 to 2017
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 28 August 1942
- Died
- 8 July 2022
- Place of birth
- Luanda
- Place of death
- Barcelona
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- José Eduardo
- Family name
- dos Santos
- Occupation
- politician, engineer, minister
- Position held
- President of Angola, Minister of External Relations, Member of the National Assembly of Angola
- Citizenship
- Angola
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Awards
- Order of Honour, Order of Agostinho Neto, Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo, Order of José Martí, Order of Friendship, Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry, honorary doctor of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Order of Prince Henry, Order of the Republic of Serbia, Order of the Equatorial Star
- birth name
- José Eduardo Van Dunen
- cause of death
- heart failure
- described by source
- Dictionary of African Biography, SourceWatch List of Dictators, Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Portuguese
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of political party
- People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
- military, police or special rank
- general of the army
- name in native language
- José Eduardo dos Santos
- number of children
- 10
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