Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans (Angola)

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The Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans (Portuguese: Ministro da Defesa Nacional e Veteranos da Pátria) is an executive agency of the Government of Angola that controls the Angolan Armed Forces. It is based at Rua 17 de Setembro in Luanda.^[1]

Name changes

1975–1995: Ministry of Defence
1996–present: Ministry of National Defence

Structure

Military Affairs Cabinet ("Casa Militar"), headed by one of the three Ministers of State and answers directly to the Office of the President.

Minister of National Defence

The Minister of National Defence of Angola is a cabinet level position in the national government.^[2] The minister is responsible for the entire defense establishment.^[3] The position was established in 1975 with Henrique Teles Carreira as the inaugural minister.^[4]

List

1975–1979: Gen. Henrique Teles Carreira
1980–1995: Gen. Pedro Pedalé
1995–1999: Gen. Pedro Sebastião
1999–2010: Gen. Kundi Paihama
2010–2014: Gen. Cândido Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem
2014–2017: Gen. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço
2017–2020: Gen. Salviano de Jesus Sequeira
2020–present: Gen. João Ernesto dos Santos^[5]^[6]^[7]

Deputies

The commanders of the three major military services each held the title of vice minister of defense.^[3]

References

^ Military Technology, World Defence Almanac, Vol. XXXII, Issue 1, 2008, p.301
^ Official website
^ ^a ^b "Angola Ministry of Defense". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Histórico dos Ministros" (in Portuguese). minden.gov.ao. Retrieved 10 Mar 2019.
^ "Government". www.missionangola.ch. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Ministro da Defesa Nacional e Veteranos da Pátria - ANGOP". www.angop.ao. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "PR nomeia novos ministros da Defesa e das Relações Exteriores". www.embaixadadeangola.gw. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

External links

http://www.minden.gov.ao/

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