Julião Mateus Paulo is an

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

n politician and former Secretary-General of the

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(MPLA). He is widely known by his wartime ''

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'', Dino Matrosse. He succeeded

João Lourenço João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (born 5 March 1954) is an Angolan politician who is currently serving as the third president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was the minister of defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018, ...

as MPLA Secretary-General at a December 2003 party congress. Paulo was the fourth candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 parliamentary election."Eleições: Lista integral dos candidatos do MPLA, antigo PM Marcolino Moco fora, nova cara Akwá", Angola Xyami, July 5, 2008 . List of deputies elected in the 2008 election
CNE website . He won a seat in this election, in which MPLA won an overwhelming majority in the

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Living people Members of the National Assembly (Angola) MPLA politicians Governors of Benguela State security ministers of Angola 1942 births {{Angola-politician-stub