José Eduardo dos Santos

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Angolan person head of state human politician president

José Eduardo dos Santos was the long-serving president of Angola who led the country through and after the Angolan Civil War, overseeing its transition from protracted conflict to postwar reconstruction and oil-fueled economic growth.

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Label	Occurrences
José Eduardo dos Santos canonical	8

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Angolan person ⓘ head of state ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ president ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of José Martí ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
child	Isabel dos Santos ⓘ José Filomeno dos Santos ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Angola ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1942-08-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2022-07-08 ⓘ
educatedAt	Azerbaijan State Oil Academy ⓘ
endTimeInOffice	2017 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ambundu people ⓘ surface form: Mbundu people
familyName	Dos Santos ⓘ surface form: dos Santos
fieldOfStudy	petroleum engineering ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation	alignment with Soviet Union during Cold War ⓘ later rapprochement with Western countries ⓘ
givenName	José ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf	Angola ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
knownFor	authoritarian style of governance ⓘ centralizing political power ⓘ longest-serving president of Angola ⓘ
languageSpoken	Portuguese ⓘ Russian ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	MPLA ⓘ
name	José Eduardo dos Santos self-link ⓘ
notableFor	dominant role in Angolan politics from 1979 to 2017 ⓘ
office	President of Angola ⓘ
oversaw	oil-fueled economic growth in Angola ⓘ postwar reconstruction in Angola ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Luanda ⓘ Angola ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Angola
placeOfDeath	Barcelona ⓘ Spain ⓘ
positionHeld	President of Angola ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Luanda ⓘ
roleInConflict	political leader ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Ana Paula dos Santos ⓘ Tatiana Kukanova ⓘ
startTimeInOffice	1979 ⓘ
tookOfficeFollowing	Agostinho Neto ⓘ
wasInvolvedIn	Angolan Civil War ⓘ
wasSucceededBy	João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço ⓘ surface form: João Lourenço

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Angolan Civil War → keyFigure → José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ

João Lourenço → predecessor → José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ

MPLA → notableLeader → José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ

MPLA → longestServingPresidentFromParty → José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ

Lusaka Protocol → signatoryParty → José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ

José Eduardo dos Santos → name → José Eduardo dos Santos self-link ⓘ

João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço → predecessor → José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ

President of Angola → officeHoldersInclude → José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ