Lopo do Nascimento
Nascimento during an official visit to Romania in 1978
Prime Minister of Angola
In office
11 November 1975 – 9 December 1978
PresidentAgostinho Neto
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byFernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem
Personal details
Born
Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento

(1942-07-10) 10 July 1942 (age 81)
Luanda, Overseas Province of Angola, Portugal
Political partyMPLA
SpouseMaria do Carmo Assis do Nascimento

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).

At the age of 19, he was arrested but released with the obligation to move to Cuanza Norte. He continued in underground fighting and was arrested again in 1963. This time he went to court and was convicted. He was detained for six years in the Luanda civil prison under Portuguese administration where he was tortured and during interrogations he spent three to five days without sleep, always on his feet; after a few days, Lopo felt that his feet would almost explode and that a person would still start talking. He didn't speak. In January 1969 he left and joined the Nocal brewery. He went to Algeria, via Lisbon, at the end of 1973. He left Angola because the MPLA had many problems, especially with the Daniel Chipenda East Revolt, and they asked him to go reinforce the leadership work.[1]

Nascimento was later Minister of Territorial Administration; after resigning from that post, he was replaced by Paulo Kassoma on 9 April 1992.[2] He was elected as MPLA Secretary-General by the party's Central Committee in 1993.[3]

He was the 66th candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 legislative election.[4][5] He won a seat in that election, in which MPLA won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly.[5]

On 27 January 2013 he announced his retirement from active politics.[6] On February 10, 2021, he was hospitalized for Covid-19. He subsequently recovered from the illness.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Lopo do Nascimento. "Gosto de sair pelos meus pés"". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  2. ^ "Apr 1992 - Election date - Cabinet changes", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 38, April, 1992 Angola, Page 38851.
  3. ^ Africa Research Bulletin (1993), Blackwell, page 10,964.
  4. ^ "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).
  5. ^ a b List of deputies elected in the 2008 election Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, CNE website (in Portuguese).
  6. ^ "Diário de Notícias". DN. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  7. ^ Administrador; News, Camunda (2021-02-11). "Lopo do Nascimento em franca recuperação já está em casa". Camunda News (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-11-20. ((cite web)): |last2= has generic name (help)
Political offices Preceded byPosition established Prime Minister of Angola 1975–1978 Succeeded byPosition abolished Preceded byPaulino Pinto João Minister of Domestic Trade 1977–1979 Succeeded byFlorêncio Gamaliel Gaspar Preceded byRoberto A.V. Francisco de Almeida Minister of Foreign Trade 1979–1982 Succeeded byIsmael Martins Preceded byRoberto A.V. Francisco de Almeida Minister of Planning 1981–1986 Succeeded byAntónio Henriques da Silva Preceded byRafael Sapilinha Sambalanga Provincial Commissioner of Huíla 1986-1990 Succeeded byDumilde das Chagas Rangel Preceded by Minister of Territory Administration 1991–1992 Succeeded byAntónio Paulo Cassoma


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