Anália Maria Caldeira de Victória Pereira Simeão (3 October 1941 – 7 January 2009) was the leader of the PLD (the ''Partido Liberal Democrático,'' or "

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") of

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and the most visible female politician in the country. She co-founded the PLD in 1983 while living in

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, and was its president until her death.

External links

Biography
(PLD website)

1941 births 2009 deaths Liberal Democratic Party (Angola) politicians Political party founders 20th-century women politicians 21st-century Angolan women politicians 21st-century Angolan politicians {{Angola-politician-stub