João Ernesto dos Santos is an Angolan politician and

cabinet minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ' prime minister', ' p ...

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 Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. It used to have an area of , which corresponded to 18% of the landmass of Angola. The province has a population of 758,568 accordin ...

Personal life

He was born in January 15, 1954.

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1954 births Living people Defence ministers of Angola Governors of Moxico Angolan military personnel MPLA politicians {{Angola-politician-stub