Elísio de Figueiredo served as the first
ambassador
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of
Angola
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to the
United Nations
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from 1976 to 1988 as well as the Minister of Industry.
On 16 March 1979, de Figueiredo, in his letter to the United Nations, requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the question of
South Africa's continuous acts of aggression in Angola.
References
External links
UN.int Angolan ambassadors to the United Nations
Permanent representatives of Angola to the United Nations
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Ambassadors of Angola to Singapore
Ambassadors of Angola to Indonesia
Ambassadors of Angola to the United Kingdom
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