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Valentim Amões
Angolan politician and businessman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Valentim Amões (4 July 1960 - 19 January 2008) was an Angolan politician and businessman.
Born in the village of Camela (now known as Camela Amões Village) in the Huambo Province, he was a member of the Central Committee of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), having defected from UNITA.[1]
He was killed along with 12 other people on 19 January 2008, when a B-200 aircraft headed for Huambo City struck the Serra Mbave mountains in the Huambo Province.[2] Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos said that he "was a dynamic, courageous and perspicacious businessman".[3] He was 47 on the day of the tragedy.[4]
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