Angola: MPLA party congress validates reform-led, merit-based confidence
- September 11, 2018
- - 3:48 pm
Summary The near unanimous election September 8 of Joao Lourenço as the MPLA president, and Luísa Pedro Damião the MPLA vice president, concretize the Angolan government imperative to restore reform-led, merit-based political and economic confidence. Analysis Joao Lourenço was elected president of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) with 99% of the vote at the ruling party’s September 8 extraordinary congress. Luísa Pedro Damião was elected MPLA vice president, making her Lourenço’s new deputy and a potential successor. José Eduardo dos Santos was elected president emeritus, a role positioning the former Angolan leader alongside founding Angolan president …
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