Chief of General Staff (Angola)

The Chief of General Staff (Portuguese: Chefe do Estado Maior-General das Forças Armadas Angolanas; CEMGFAA^[1]) of the Angolan Armed Forces is the highest-ranking military officer in the Angolan military and is responsible for maintaining control over the three service branches of the military.

Chief of the General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces
Chefe do Estado Maior-General das Forças Armadas Angolanas (Portuguese)
Incumbent Altino Carlos José dos Santos since 20 January 2023
Angolan Armed Forces
Abbreviation	CEMGFAA
Reports to	Minister of National Defence
Appointer	President
Formation	1975
Website	Official website

List of chiefs

People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (1975–1992)

No.	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
?	Lieutenant general António França (born 1938)	1982	1988	5–6 years	[2]

Angolan Armed Forces (1992–present)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Army general João de Matos (1955–2017)	1992	2001	8–9 years	[3]
2		Army general Armando da Cruz Neto	2001	2003	1–2 years	[3]
3		Army general Agostinho Fernandes Nelumb	2003	2006	2–3 years	[3]
4		Army general Francisco Pereira Furtado (born 1958)	2006	2010	3–4 years	[3][4]
5		Army general Geraldo Nunda (born 1952)	6 October 2010	23 April 2018	7 years, 199 days	[5][6]
6		Army general António Egídio de Sousa Santos	23 April 2018	20 January 2023	4 years, 272 days	[6]
7		Air general Altino Carlos José dos Santos (born 1957)	20 January 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 133 days	[7]