Valentim Amões (4 July 1960 - 19 January 2008) was an Angolan politician and businessman. Born in the village of Camela (now known as Camela Amões Village) in the

Huambo Province Huambo is a province of Angola. With an area of 34,270 km2, it is one of the geographically smaller provinces, situated in the Central Region approximately 450 km south east of the capital, Luanda. The province had a population of 2,01 ...

, he was a member of the Central Committee of the

People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wing, social de ...

(MPLA), having defected from

UNITA The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( pt, União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the Popular Movement for ...

. He was killed along with 12 other people on 19 January 2008, when a B-200 aircraft headed for Huambo City struck the Serra Mbave mountains in the Huambo Province. Angolan President

José Eduardo dos Santos José Eduardo dos Santos (; 28 August 1942 – 8 July 2022) was the president of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As president, dos Santos was also the commander-in-chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and president of the People's Movement for the ...

said that he "was a dynamic, courageous and perspicacious businessman". He was 47 on the day of the tragedy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amoes, Valentim 1959 births 2008 deaths Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Angola People from Huambo Province MPLA politicians