João Lourenço is present and 3rd President of The country Angola since 26 September 2017
Date of Birth: 5 March 1954
Birth Place: Luanda, Angola
Office:
Party: João Lourenço chairman of The People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola(MPLA) Party
Family: Ana Afonso Dias(Spouse) and Six Childrens
About: Lourenço studied at the Industrial Institute of Luanda and later participated in the liberation struggle in Ponta Negra, in August 1974, where he was part of the first group of MPLA soldiers to enter Angolan territory via Miconge, towards the city of Cabinda, after the fall of the Portuguese colonial regime. In 1978, Lourenço travelled to the Soviet Union and studied at the Lenin Military-Political Academy, where he furthered his military training and completed a master’s degree in historical sciences. He later returned to Angola in 1982. Now an artillery general, Lourenço turned towards politics and was appointed governor of Moxico Province in 1984.
