Chief of General Staff (Angola)

The Chief of General Staff (Portuguese: Chefe do Estado Maior-General das Forças Armadas Angolanas; CEMGFAA[1]) of the Angolan Armed Forces is the highest-ranking military officer in the Angolan military and is responsible for maintaining control over the three service branches of the military.

Chief of the General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces
Chefe do Estado Maior-General das Forças Armadas Angolanas (Portuguese)
Incumbent
Altino Carlos José dos Santos
since 20 January 2023
Angolan Armed Forces
AbbreviationCEMGFAA
Reports toMinister of National Defence
AppointerPresident
Formation1975
WebsiteOfficial website

List of chiefs

People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (1975–1992)
No. Name
(birth–death)		 Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
 ? Lieutenant general
António França
(born 1938)		 1982 1988 5–6 years [2]

Angolan Armed Forces (1992–present)
No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)		 Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Army general
João de Matos
(1955–2017)		 1992 2001 8–9 years [3]
2 Army general
Armando da Cruz Neto		 2001 2003 1–2 years [3]
3 Army general
Agostinho Fernandes Nelumb		 2003 2006 2–3 years [3]
4 Army general
Francisco Pereira Furtado
(born 1958)		 2006 2010 3–4 years [3][4]
5 Army general
Geraldo Nunda
(born 1952)		 6 October 2010 23 April 2018 7 years, 199 days [5][6]
6 Army general
António Egídio de Sousa Santos		 23 April 2018 20 January 2023 4 years, 272 days [6]
7 Air general
Altino Carlos José dos Santos
(born 1957)		 20 January 2023 Incumbent 271 days [7]

References
  1. https://comum.rcaap.pt/bitstream/10400.26/7418/1/ART%20873%20Isaias%20Mandele.pdf
  2. Fauvet, Paul; Mosse, Marcelo (2003). Carlos Cardoso: Telling the Truth in Mozambique. Cape Town: Double Storey Books. pp. 194–195. ISBN 978-1919930312.
  3. "Galeria dos Chefes do Estado-Maior-General das FAA". faa.ao (in Portuguese). Angolan Armed Forces. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. "Dados biográficos do novo Chefe da Casa de Segurança do PR". angop.ao (in Portuguese). Agência Angola Press. LUANDA. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. "Nunda promovido a general do Exército". angonoticias.com/ (in Portuguese). Angop. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. "Army chief fired by president". country.eiu.com. The Economist Intelligence Unit. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. "President appointed Altino dos Santos Chief of General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces". verangola.ne. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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