{"id":22454,"date":"2022-12-13T09:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T09:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/former-minister-assuncao-dos-anjos-dies"},"modified":"2022-12-13T10:43:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T10:43:37","slug":"former-minister-assuncao-dos-anjos-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/former-minister-assuncao-dos-anjos-dies","title":{"rendered":"Former minister Assun\u00e7\u00e3o dos Anjos dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola, Assunc\u0327a\u0303o dos Anjos, died this Monday of illness, aged 78, in Madrid, Spain, according to an official source.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Assunc\u0327a\u0303o Afonso de Sousa dos Anjos was born on February 13, 1946, in Luanda. He was a politician and diplomat, having served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010.<\/p>\n<p>During his diplomatic career, he also served as director for Africa and the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as responsible, successively, for the offices of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Planning and the then President of the Republic, Jose\u0301 Eduardo dos Santos, from 1979 to 1993.<\/p>\n<p>He was also Angola&#8217;s ambassador in Spain, France and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, he was replaced by Georges Rebelo Chikoti as Minister of Foreign Affairs and, later, appointed presidential adviser.<\/p>\n<p>Assunc\u0327a\u0303o Afonso de Sousa dos Anjos was a member of the Central Committee of the MPLA party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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