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{{Politics of Angola}}

This article lists the '''presidents of Angola''' since the establishment of the office of [[President of Angola|president]] in 1975.

The current president is [[João Lourenço]]. He assumed the office on 26 September 2017.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news|last=Eisenhammer|first=Stephen|title=Angola's first new president in 38 years vows to fight graft|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-angola-politics/angolas-first-new-president-in-38-years-vows-to-fight-graft-idUSKCN1C12G0?il=0|agency=Reuters|access-date=27 September 2017|date=26 September 2017}}</ref>

==Presidents of Angola (1975–present)==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=9| [[People's Republic of Angola]]
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 1
| image             = President MPLA, heer Neto door Den Uyl ontvangen premier Den Uyl en A Neto (r), Bestanddeelnr 927-8518 (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Agostinho Neto]]
| officeholder_sort = Neto, Agostinho
| officeholder_note =
| born_year         = 1922
| died_year         = 1979
| died              = y
| term_start        = 11 November 1975
| term_end          = 10 September 1979
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1975|11|11|1979|09|10}}
| alt_party         = MPLA
| election          = —
| ref               =<ref name="auto">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtJKDwAAQBAJ|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola|first=W. Martin|last=James|date=1 March 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-5381-1123-9 }}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 2
| image             = Angola.JoseEduardoDosSantos.01.jpg
| officeholder      = [[José Eduardo dos Santos]]
| officeholder_sort = Santos, José
| officeholder_note =
| born_year         = 1942
| died_year         = 2022
| term_start        = 21 September 1979
| term_end          = 27 August 1992
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1979|09|21|1992|08|27}}
| alt_party         = MPLA
| election          = [[1979 Angolan presidential election|1979]]
| election2         = [[1986 Angolan legislative election|1986]]
| ref               = <ref name="auto"/>
}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=9| Republic of Angola
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (2)
| image             = José Eduardo dos Santos 2.jpg
| officeholder      = [[José Eduardo dos Santos]]
| officeholder_sort = Santos, José
| officeholder_note =
| born_year         = 1942
| died_year         = 2022
| term_start        = 27 August 1992
| term_end          = 25 September 2017
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1992|08|27|2017|09|25}}
| alt_party         = MPLA
| election          = [[1992 Angolan general election|1992]]
| election2         = [[2012 Angolan general election|2012]]
| ref               = <ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 3
| image             = João Lourenço 2023.jpg
| officeholder      = [[João Lourenço]]
| officeholder_sort = Lourenço, João
| officeholder_note =
| born_year         = 1954
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 26 September 2017
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2017|09|26}}
| alt_party         = MPLA
| election          = [[2017 Angolan general election|2017]]
| election2         = [[2022 Angolan general election|2022]]
| ref               = <ref name="auto"/>
}}
|}

''Note:'' For details of the post of President of Angola, see [[President of Angola]].

==Timeline==
This is a [[Bar chart|graphical]] lifespan timeline of the presidents of Angola. They are listed in order of first assuming office.

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Define $today = {{#time:d/m/Y}}

Colors =
  id:mpla value:rgb(0.81,0.03,0.13) legend:People's_Movement_for_the_Liberation_of_Angola

  id:gray1  value:gray(0.85)
  id:gray2  value:gray(0.95)

DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period     = from:01/01/1975 till:31/12/{{#expr:{{#time:Y}}+1}}
TimeAxis   = orientation:horizontal
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1975
ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1975

Legend     = columns:1 left:150 top:35 columnwidth:170
 
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  text:"Political party:"

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 bar:dosSantos
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  from: 11/11/1975 till: 10/09/1979 color:mpla text:"[[Agostinho Neto]]"
 bar:dosSantos
  from: 21/09/1979 till: 25/09/2017 color:mpla text:"[[José Eduardo dos Santos]]"
 bar:Lourenço
  from: 26/09/2017 till: $today     color:mpla text:"[[João Lourenço]]"

}}

The following chart lists presidents by lifespan (living presidents on the green line), with the years outside of their presidency in beige.

<div style="overflow:auto">
{{#tag:timeline|
Define $width    = 1000 # 9.09 pixels per year ($end - $start) × 9.09
Define $warning  = 880 # $width - 120
Define $height   = 225 # 3 × 25 + 150
Define $footnote = 600 # $width - 400

DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy

Define $dy    = -5         # shift text to button side of bar
Define $start = 01/01/1920 # Just before eldest (Neto) was born
Define $end   = 01/01/2030 # Next 5-year multiple after this year
Define $now   = {{#time:d/m/Y}}

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     id:lightline       value:rgb(0.8, 0.8, 0.8)
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     id:LIFESPAN        value:rgb(0.88, 0.90, 0.70) Legend: Lifespan
     id:MPLA      value:rgb(0.81, 0.04, 0.13)    Legend: People's_Movement_for_the_Liberation_of_Angola
     id:NAME            value:rgb(0.15, 0.13, 0.05)
     id:TODAY           value:green

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LineData=
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PlotData=
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    color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
    from:17/09/1922 till:11/11/1975 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Agostinho Neto]]
    color:MPLA
    from:11/11/1975 till:10/09/1979

  bar:2 width:18
    color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
    from:28/08/1942 till:21/09/1979 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[José Eduardo dos Santos]]
    color:MPLA
    from:21/09/1979 till:25/09/2017
    color:LIFESPAN
    from:26/09/2017 till:08/07/2022

  bar:3 width:18
    color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
    from:05/03/1954 till:25/09/2017 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[João Lourenço]]
    color:MPLA
    from:26/09/2017 till:$now

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  text:Updated {{CURRENTMONTH}}/{{CURRENTYEAR}}

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  text:"Lifespan of each Angolan president"
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The following chart shows presidents by their age (living presidents in green), with the years of their presidency in blue. The vertical black line at 35 years indicates the minimum age to be president.

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AlignBars = justify

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  id:pre   value:rgb(0.7,0.7,0.7) # grey
  id:pres  value:rgb(0,0,1) # blue
  id:post  value:rgb(0.7,0.7,0.7) # grey
  id:alive value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) # green

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TimeAxis   = orientation:horizontal
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ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1  start:30

PlotData=
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  bar:Neto color:pre from:30  till:53.15
  bar:Neto color:pres from:53.15  till:56.98

  bar:dos{{sp}}Santos color:pre from:30  till:37.07
  bar:dos{{sp}}Santos color:pres from:37.07  till:75.08
  bar:dos{{sp}}Santos color:post from:75.08  till:79.86

  bar:Lourenço color:alive from:30  till:63.56
  bar:Lourenço color:pres from:63.56  till:{{a.y|suffix=|1954|3|5}}

LineData=
 layer:front
  at:35 width:1.5 color:black # Minimum age to be President
}}

==See also==
* [[President of Angola]]
* [[Vice President of Angola]]
* [[Prime Minister of Angola]]
** [[List of prime ministers of Angola]]
* [[List of Ngolas of Ndongo]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Angola]]
* [[List of heads of state of Democratic People's Republic of Angola]]
* [[List of heads of government of Democratic People's Republic of Angola]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* http://www.rulers.org/rula2.html#angola
* http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Angola.html
* ''African States and Rulers'', John Stewart, McFarland
* ''Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen'', Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
* ''Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition'', John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000

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