Lopo do Nascimento

Prime Minister of Angola

Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento 10 July 1942 Luanda, Overseas Province of Angola, Portugal

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11 November 1975 – 9 December 1978

Angolan politician Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento (born 10 July 1942) is an Angolan retired politician. He served as the first Prime Minister of Angola from 11 November 1975 to 9 December 1978 and was Secretary-General of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Nascimento was later Minister of Territorial Administration; after resigning from that post, he was replaced by Paulo Kassoma on 9 April 1992. He was elected as MPLA Secretary-General by the party's Central Committee in 1993. He was the 66th candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 legislative election. He won a seat in that election, in which MPLA won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly. On 27 January 2013 he announced his retirement from active politics.