The Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans () is an executive agency of the
Government of Angola that controls the
Angolan Armed Forces
The Angolan Armed Forces ( pt, Forças Armadas Angolanas) or FAA is the military of Angola. The FAA consist of the Angolan Army (), the Angolan Navy () and the National Air Force of Angola (). Reported total manpower in 2021 was about 107,000. ...
. It is based at Rua 17 de Setembro in
Luanda.
[Military Technology, World Defence Almanac, Vol. XXXII, Issue 1, 2008, p.301]
Name changes
* 1975–1995: Ministry of Defence
* 1996–present: Ministry of National Defence
Structure
* Military Affairs Cabinet ("Casa Militar"), headed by one of the three Ministers of State and answers directly to the Office of the President.
Minister of National Defence
The Minister of National Defence of Angola is a
cabinet
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filing ...
level position in the
national government A national government is the government of a nation.
National government or
National Government may also refer to:
* Central government in a unitary state, or a country that does not give significant power to regional divisions
* Federal governme ...
. The minister is responsible for the entire defense establishment.
The position was established in 1975 with
Henrique Teles Carreira as the inaugural minister.
List
* 1975–1979:
Gen.
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Henrique Teles Carreira
* 1980–1995:
Gen.
The Book of Genesis (from Greek language, Greek ; Hebrew language, Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its i ...
Pedro Pedalé
Pedro Maria Tonha Pedalé ( Cabinda, 7 July 1943 — London, 22 July 1995) was the Angolan minister for defence in the 1994 government of Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which ...
* 1995–1999:
Gen.
The Book of Genesis (from Greek language, Greek ; Hebrew language, Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its i ...
Pedro Sebastião
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ...
* 1999–2010:
Gen.
The Book of Genesis (from Greek language, Greek ; Hebrew language, Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its i ...
Kundi Paihama
* 2010–2014:
Gen.
The Book of Genesis (from Greek language, Greek ; Hebrew language, Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its i ...
Cândido Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem
Cândido is a Portuguese masculine given name, equivalent of Spanish Cándido
* Cândido de Oliveira (1896–1958), Portuguese football player
* Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (1886-1948), Brazilian zoologist
* Cândido José de Araújo Via ...
* 2014–2017:
Gen.
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João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço
João is the Portuguese language, Portuguese equivalent of the given name John (given name), John. The diminutive is Joãozinho (disambiguation), Joãozinho and the Feminine (grammar), feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking c ...
* 2017–2020:
Gen.
The Book of Genesis (from Greek language, Greek ; Hebrew language, Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its i ...
Salviano de Jesus Sequeira
*2020–present:
Gen.
The Book of Genesis (from Greek language, Greek ; Hebrew language, Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its i ...
João Ernesto dos Santos
João Ernesto dos Santos is an Angolan politician and cabinet minister who is serving as Minister of National Defence and served as Governor of Moxico Province
Moxico (Portuguese spelling) or Moshiko (Bantu spelling) is the largest province of ...
Deputies
The commanders of the three major military services each held the title of vice minister of defense.
References
External links
* http://www.minden.gov.ao/
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Defence
Defence Ministers
A defence minister or minister of defence is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from coun ...
Politics of Angola
Military of Angola