Agostinho Neto

Agostinho Neto became the 1st president of the independent nation of Angola on November 11, 1975.

António Agostinho Neto (September 17, 1922 - September 10, 1979)

António Agostinho Neto (September 17, 1922 – September 10, 1979) served as the first President of Angola (1975–1979), leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence and the civil war.

Jose Eduardo dos Santos

Jose Eduardo dos Santos is the first democratically elected president of Angola.

where the first president of Angola, Dr. Agostinho Neto, was born on September 17, 1922

From Catete we will drive southeast to Kaxicana, a small village on the banks of the Kwanza River, where the first president of Angola, Dr. Agostinho Neto, was born on September 17, 1922.

the capital's leader , Agnostinho Neto

When independence was achieved in November 1975, the MPLA controlled the capital, and the capital's leader, Agnostinho Neto, became the first president of Angola.

Augustinho Neto

Augustinho Neto was a leader in the fight against colonial rule in ANGOLA and the country's first president after independence.

Lamanda Luaga

The country's first president was Lamanda Luaga, a doctor elected to office after having fought an epidemic in the jungle.

Jonas Malheiro Savimbi

Jonas Malheiro Savimbi founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).

September Angola had been ruled by the same man, President José Eduardo dos Santos,

Until September Angola had been ruled by the same man, President José Eduardo dos Santos, for 38 years—more than twice as long as most Angolans have been alive.

President Seretse Khama , Eswatini’s King Sobhuza, Malawi’s Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Mozambique’s Cde Samora Machel, Tanzania’s first President Mwalimu Julius Nyerere,

Angola’s first President Agostinho Neto, Botswana’s founding President Seretse Khama, Eswatini’s King Sobhuza, Malawi’s Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Mozambique’s Cde Samora Machel, Tanzania’s first President Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, Zambia’s President Kenneth Kaunda, and Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

Major-Brigadier Juvenal Macedo

The first president was Major-Brigadier Juvenal Macedo.

António Agostinho da Silva Neto

António Agostinho da Silva Neto served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence (1961–1974).

Sir Edward Mutesa

Sir Edward Mutesa, the king of Buganda (Mutesa II), was elected the first president, and Milton Obote the first prime minister, of the newly independent country.

Modibo Keita

The first president, Modibo Keita, was a socialist and pan-Africanist who had ties to Nkrumah and Sekou Toure of Guinea, and helped draft the charter of the Organization of African Unity.

for barely four years until September 1979

Unlike other post-colonial leaders in Africa, Angola’s first president, Agostino Neto, was in power for barely four years, until September 1979.

Alcides Machado da Silva

The first president was Santa Maria da Feira native Alcides Machado da Silva, who took office on 30 December 1924.

Sir Fredrick Mutesa II

In 1966, the country’s first president, Sir Fredrick Mutesa II was ousted and exiled after a violent attack on the Buganda monarch.

David Dacko

Barthelemy Boganda was replaced in national leadership by Barthelemy Boganda's two cousins, David Dacko, the first President, and Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the first head of the army.

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Nnamdi Azikiwe was appointed as the first President of the country, in this era.

Gentil Ferreira Viana

Gentil Ferreira Viana (23 February 1935 – 2008) founded, among others separatist leaders, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).