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A report by Chr. Michelsen Institute on political opposition parties and the 2008 parliamentary elections is a source on Angolan political parties. The study is based on interviews with party officials, newspaper articles and a review of the few reports available on politics and political parties in Angola. Access the CMI report.
In August 2020, José Filomeno dos Santos, son of Angola's former president, was sentenced for five years in jail for fraud and corruption. [8] In August 2022, the ruling party, MPLA, won another outright majority and President Joao Lourenco won a second five-year term in the election. However, the election was the tightest in Angola's history. [9]
List of political parties in Angola; A. Angolan National Democratic Party; Angolan Union for Peace, Democracy and Development; D.
The 1992 constitution provided for the direct election of the president. However, this was abolished by the 2010 constitution, which in Article 109 states that "the individual heading the national list of the political party or coalition of political parties that receives the most votes in the general election shall be elected President of the Republic and Head of the Executive".
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Portuguese: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola.
On 5 October, the main opposition parties of Angola announced that they were forming a coalition named United Patriotic Front. Adalberto Costa Júnior of UNITA was nominated as FPU's candidate to challenge president João Lourenço in the August 2022 vote, group spokesman Amandio Capoco confirmed in Luanda. [ 22 ]
The Humanist Party of Angola (Portuguese: Partido Humanista de Angola, PHA) is a political party in Angola led by Florbela Malaquias. [3] [4] It was legalised by the Constitutional Court on 27 May 2022.
Leaders of political parties in Angola (3 P) A. Angolan Communist Party politicians (1 P) L. Liberal Democratic Party (Angola) politicians (1 P) M. MPLA politicians ...