";s:4:"text";s:3592:" In December 1978, he was moved from the post of First Deputy Prime Minister in the government to that of Minister of Planning. [32] Dos Santos stated on 3 February 2017 that he would leave office following the election later in 2017, with Lourenço slated to succeed him. [4], After the death of Angola's first president, Agostinho Neto, on 10 September 1979, José Eduardo dos Santos was elected president of the MPLA on 20 September 1979, and he took office as President of Angola, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on 21 September. Explore how the celebrity world connects. [4], In June 1975, dos Santos became coordinator of the MPLA's Department of Foreign Affairs; he also coordinated the MPLA's Department of Health at this time. The government acknowledged that the first visit was related to his health. [44][45][46] Dos Santos' and Kukanova's children include Isabel dos Santos, the richest woman in Africa. 1953, Frank Sinatra{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Sinatra", "gender": "Male" }
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Other Partners. He and his family have amassed a significant personal fortune. FameChain has their amazing trees. The same year, Dos Santos was appointed as Angola's first Minister of Foreign Affairs upon independence, and in this capacity he played a key role in obtaining diplomatic recognition for the MPLA government in 1975–76. Start a FameChain Add to my FameChain.