Lopo do Nascimento
Prime Minister of Angola
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| Intro | Prime Minister of Angola | |
| Places | Angola | |
| is | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 10 June 1942, Luanda, Luanda Province, Angola | |
| Age | 82 years | |
| Politics: | Mpla |
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Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento (born 10 June 1942) is an Angolan retired politician. He served as the first Prime Minister of Angola from 11 November 1975 to 9 December 1978 and was Secretary-General of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).
Nascimento was later Minister of Territorial Administration; after resigning from that post, he was replaced by Paulo Kassoma on 9 April 1992. He was elected as MPLA Secretary-General by the party's Central Committee in 1993.
He was the 66th candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 parliamentary election. He won a seat in that election, in which MPLA won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly.
On 27 January 2013 he announced his retirement from active politics.