Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (born March 5, 1950), known as Nandó, is an Angolan politician who has been Vice-President of Angola since February 2010. He was the Prime Minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008 and President of the National Assembly of Angola from 2008 to 2010.
Piedade is related to President Jose Eduardo dos Santos by blood (cousin), also a son of immigrants from São Tomé and Príncipe. He obtained a BA in Law in 2009 at Agostin...
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Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (born March 5, 1950), known as Nandó, is an Angolan politician who has been Vice-President of Angola since February 2010. He was the Prime Minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008 and President of the National Assembly of Angola from 2008 to 2010.
Piedade is related to President Jose Eduardo dos Santos by blood (cousin), also a son of immigrants from São Tomé and Príncipe. He obtained a BA in Law in 2009 at Agostinho Neto University.
In 1971, Piedade joined the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Following Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975 he began a career in the People's Police Corps of Angola, becoming a division head in 1978. In 1981 he moved to the Ministry of the Interior, becoming Deputy Minister in 1984. The following year he was elected as a member of the MPLA-Workers' Party congress and given the rank of colonel in the Angolan military. He later became a member of the People's Assembly, beginning a succession of...
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