João De Matos
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João de Matos (May 30, 1955 – November 4, 2017) was an Angolan military general. He led the Angolan force during the
Second Congo War The Second Congo War,, group=lower-alpha also known as the Great War of Africa or the Great African War and sometimes referred to as the African World War, began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 1998, little more than a year a ...
to support
Joseph Kabila Joseph Kabila Kabange ( , ; born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between January 2001 and January 2019. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, Presi ...
's regime. He died of
pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of t ...
in Spain in 2017.


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1955 births 2017 deaths Angolan military personnel Deaths from cancer in Spain deaths from pancreatic cancer {{Africa-mil-bio-stub