Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos

Infobox President
name = Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos


order = Prime Minister of Angola
president = José Eduardo dos Santos
deputy =
term_start = 06 December 2002
term_end = 30 September 2008
predecessor = Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem (1996 – 1999)
successor = Paulo Kassoma
birth_date = birth date and age|1950|03|05|df=y
birth_place = Luanda, Angola
spouse =
party = MPLA

Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, known as Nandó (born March 5, 1950), is an Angolan politician, currently serving as President of the National Assembly of Angola. He was previously the Prime Minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008.

Background

Santos was born in Luanda. He has a BA in Law and became a member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in 1971. Following Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975 he began a career in the People's Police Corps of Angola, becoming a division head in 1978. In 1981 he moved to the Ministry of the Interior, becoming Deputy Minister in 1984. The following year he was elected as a member of the MPLA-Workers' party congress and given the rank of colonel in the Angolan military. He later became a member of the People's Assembly, beginning a succession of appointments to government ministerial posts.

Piedade was appointed as Prime Minister in November 2002 and took office on December 6, 2002, filling an office which had been unoccupied since 1999. He had previously been Interior Minister.

He was the 14th candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 parliamentary election. [ [http://www.angolaxyami.com/Eleicoes-em-Angola/Eleicoes-Lista-integral-dos-candidatos-do-MPLA-antigo-PM-Marcolino-Moco-fora-nova-cara-Akwa.html "Eleições: Lista integral dos candidatos do MPLA, antigo PM Marcolino Moco fora, nova cara Akwá"] , Angola Xyami, July 5, 2008 pt icon.] [http://www.cne.ao/listadep.html List of deputies elected in the 2008 election] , CNE website pt icon.] In the election, the MPLA won an overwhelming majority, and Piedade was elected to a seat in the National Assembly.

Following the 2008 election, the MPLA Political Bureau chose Piedade to become the President of the National Assembly on September 26, 2008. It also chose Paulo Kassoma to replace Piedade as Prime Minister. [ [http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/politica/MPLA-indica-Fernando-Piedade-para-presidente-Assembleia-Nacional,a6f5917c-3ce6-4223-9fcc-589d3872980d.html "MPLA indica Fernando da Piedade para presidente da Assembleia Nacional"] , Angola Press, September 26, 2008 pt icon.] [ [http://noticias.sapo.pt/lusa/artigo/72852d89808afb176ded48.html "Angola: Paulo Kassoma confirmado como primeiro-ministro do próximo governo angolano"] , Lusa, 26 September 2008 pt icon.] On September 30, the newly-elected members of the National Assembly met and were sworn in; Piedade was elected as President of the National Assembly on this occasion, receiving 211 votes in favor and three opposed. [ [http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/politica/Eleito-novo-presidente-Assembleia-Nacional,e6bbca34-02e7-4ebd-b2e4-dd61d47cebcf.html "Eleito novo presidente da Assembleia Nacional"] , AngolaPress, September 30, 2008 pt icon.]

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