Poder Executivo: jefe de estado: Presidente Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (desde 21 September 1979); note - the president is both jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno
jefe de gobierno: Presidente Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (desde 21 September 1979); Fernando de Piedade Dias DOS SANTOS was appointed prime minister on 6 December 2002
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
elections: president elected by universal ballot for a five-year term (eligible for a second consecutive or discontinuous term) under the 1992 constitution; Presidente DOS SANTOS originally elected (in 1979) without opposition under a one-party system and stood for reelection in Angola's first multiparty elections 29-30 September 1992 (next to be held in 2009)
election results: Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS 49.6%, Jonas SAVIMBI 40.1%, making a run-off election necessary; the run-off was not held and SAVIMBI's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) repudiated the results of the first election; the civil war resumed leaving DOS SANTOS in his current position as the president
Fuente: CIA World Factbook - A menos que sea indicado, toda la información en esta página es correcta hasta Enero 1, 2007
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