{"id":89875,"date":"2025-09-16T18:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/former-minister-of-justice-paulo-tjipilica-dies"},"modified":"2025-09-16T18:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:49:32","slug":"former-minister-of-justice-paulo-tjipilica-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/former-minister-of-justice-paulo-tjipilica-dies","title":{"rendered":"Former Minister of Justice Paulo Tjipilica Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>Former Angolan Minister of Justice Paulo Tjipilica died on Monday at a private clinic in Luanda, at the age of 86, from an illness.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Paulo Tjipilica served as Minister of Justice for 12 years in the government of Jose\u0301 Eduardo dos Santos and was Angola&#8217;s first Ombudsman, a position he held for 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to his death, Deputy Ombudsman Aguinaldo Cristo\u0301va\u0303o lamented the passing of this figure, given the great legacy he left to Angolan society.<\/p>\n<p>He also praised Paulo Tjipilica&#8217;s work in defending the rights of the most disadvantaged, with a focus on land issues, as well as his role as the country&#8217;s first Ombudsman.<\/p>\n<p>Born on December 21, 1939, he was a lawyer by profession, graduating from the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Cla\u0301ssica Lisboa in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming a minister, he was a legal advisor to the Council of Ministers of Portugal from 1976 to 1992, and a lawyer registered with the Lisbon Bar Association from 1978 to 1992.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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