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José Eduardo dos Santos

1942 - 2022

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José Eduardo Van-Dúnem dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ eˈðwaɾðu ðuʃ ˈsɐ̃tuʃ]; 28 August 1942 – 8 July 2022) was an Angolan politician and military officer who served as the second president of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As president, dos Santos was also the commander-in-chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and president of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party that has ruled Angola since it won independence in 1975. By the time he stepped down in 2017, he was the second-longest-serving president in Africa, surpassed only by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea. Dos Santos joined the MPLA, then an anti-colonial movement, while still in school, and earned degrees in petroleum engineering and radar communications while studying in the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Eduardo dos Santos is the 1,730th most popular politician (down from 1,517th in 2019), the most popular biography from Angola and the most popular Angolan Politician.

José Eduardo dos Santos is the president of Angola. He is most famous for being the president of Angola.

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Among politicians, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 1,730 out of 19,576. Before him are Tim Walz, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Martinian, Ferenc Szálasi, Maria Anna of Bavaria, and Robert Fico. After him are Chester A. Arthur, Arsinoe IV of Egypt, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, King Elah, Memnon, and Frederick I of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 37. Before him are Ehud Barak, Javier Solana, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Daniel Barenboim, Ted Kaczynski, and John Wayne Gacy. After him are Michael Haneke, Ian McShane, Werner Herzog, David Bradley, Giorgio Agamben, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. Among people deceased in 2022, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 27. Before him are Olivia Newton-John, Sidney Poitier, Madeleine Albright, Marsha Hunt, Angelo Sodano, and Monica Vitti. After him are Fidel Ramos, Kane Tanaka, Antonio Inoki, Robbie Coltrane, Uwe Seeler, and Angela Lansbury.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 1 out of 67. After him are João Lourenço (1954), Agostinho Neto (1922), Jonas Savimbi (1934), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Alexandre do Nascimento (1925), Fernando Peyroteo (1918), José Águas (1930), Holden Roberto (1923), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), Lúcio Lara (1929), and José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Angola

Among politicians born in Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 1. After him are João Lourenço (1954), Agostinho Neto (1922), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Holden Roberto (1923), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), Lúcio Lara (1929), Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem (1934), Lopo do Nascimento (1942), Paulo Kassoma (1951), Manuel Vicente (1956), and Marcolino Moco (1953).

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