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João Lourenço
João Lourenço
	João Lourenço at the Angola presidential palace in Luanda, Angola on September 27, 2023
President of Angola
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 September 2017
Vice President	Bornito de Sousa
Preceded by	José Eduardo dos Santos
Minister of National Defence
	In office; 22 April 2014 – 26 September 2017
President	José Eduardo dos Santos
Preceded by	Cândido Pereira dos Santos; Van-Dúnem
Succeeded by	Salviano de Jesus Sequeira
Chairman of Southern African Development Community
	In office; 17 August 2023 – 17 August 2024
Preceded by	Felix Tshisekedi
Succeeded by	Emmerson Mnangagwa
Personal details
Born	5 March 1943 (age 81); Luanda, Angola
Political party	MPLA (since 1974)
Spouse(s)	Ana Afonso Dias
Children	6
Alma mater	Industrial Institute of Luanda; Lenin Superior Academy
Nickname(s)	Ti Mimoso, JLo

João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, GColIH (born 5 March 1943) is an Angolan politician. He has been the President of Angola since 26 September 2017.^[3]

References

↑ Catarina Machado. "Luaty Beirão está 'malaike' com exoneração de Isabel dos Santos." TVI 24. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2021. (in Portuguese)
↑ "Joao Lourenco: Can 'Angola's JLo' fill Dos Santos' shoes?". BBC News. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
↑ Eisenhammer, Stephen (September 26, 2017). "Angola's first new president in 38 years vows to fight graft". Reuters. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

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[Machado-1] Catarina Machado. "Luaty Beirão está 'malaike' com exoneração de Isabel dos Santos." TVI 24. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2021. (in Portuguese)

[BBC-nickname-2] "Joao Lourenco: Can 'Angola's JLo' fill Dos Santos' shoes?". BBC News. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[reuters-3] Eisenhammer, Stephen (September 26, 2017). "Angola's first new president in 38 years vows to fight graft". Reuters. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

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