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2022 in Angola
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Events in the year 2022 in Angola.
Incumbents
- President: João Lourenço
- Vice President: Bornito de Sousa (until 14 September); Esperança da Costa onwards
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Angola
27 July - The Lulo Rose, a pink diamond, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo mine in Lunda Norte Province, Angola.[1]
24 August - 2022 Angolan general election: Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior.[2]
25 August - The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election.[3]
24 September - Thousands of people protest in Luanda, Angola, accusing incumbent president João Lourenço of electoral fraud in the latest election,[4]
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Deaths
- 22 February - Jesús Tirso Blanco, 64, Argentina-born Roman Catholic prelate.[5]
- 18 May - Fernando Guimarães Kevanu, 85, Roman Catholic prelate.[6]
- 4 July - José Eduardo dos Santos, 79, politician.[7]
- 17 July - Miguel Maria N'Zau Puna, 90, politician and diplomat.[8]
- 19 August - Gustavo Costa, 63, journalist, stroke.[9]
- 31 October - José Nambi, 73, Roman Catholic prelate.[10]
- 18 November - Nagrelha, 36, Kuduro musician.[11]
- 12 December - Assunção dos Anjos, 76, Angolan diplomat, minister of external relations, heart attack.[12]
References
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