Valentim Amões
Angolan politician and businessman
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| Intro | Angolan politician and businessman | |
| Places | Angola | |
| is | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Death | 19 January 2008 | |
| Politics: | Mpla |
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Valentim Amões (died 19 January 2008) was an Angolan politician and businessman.
Born in 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.
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 Huambo Province. Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos said that he "was a dynamic, courageous and perspicacious businessman". He was 48.