segunda-feira, 6 de Setembro de 2010

Country Profile

 

Total area: 1,246,700 square kilometres

 

 

 

Geography: situated in West and Southern Africa

 

 

 

Population: 15 million (2008 estimate)

Capital: Luanda

Iliteracy rate: 61%

Languages: Portuguese (official), Kikongo, Kimbundo, Tchokwe, Umbundo, Mbunda, Kwanyama and others

 

Ethnic groups:

Ovimbundo:37%, Kimbundo:25%, Bakongo:13%, Others:25%

 

 

Religions:

Roman Catholic: 75%, Protestant: 15%, Others: 10%

 

 

 

Government

 

 

 

Head of State: President José Eduardo dos Santos

 

Vice-President: Fernando Da Piedade Dias dos Santos

 

Type of Government: Republic

 

 

 

Parliament (National Assembly): 220 Seats (single chamber)

 

 

 

Political system: Multi-party democracy

 

 

 

Main political parties: MPLA, UNITA, PRS, ND, FNLA.

 

 

 

Political / Administrative division: 18 provinces

 

 

 

Bengo, Benguela, Bié, Cabinda, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Kuando Kubango, Kwanza Norte, Kwanza Sul, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uíje, Zaire

Independence
11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

National holiday
Independence Day, 11 November

Constitution
11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, 6 March 1991, and 26 August 1992

Legal  system
Based on Portuguese civil law and customary law; with new laws reflecting Angolan realities and requirements and accommodating political pluralism and increased free market economy. 

 

 

 

Economy

Currency: Kwanza

 

 

 

GDP per capita: US$2,100 (2008 estimate)

 

 

 

GDP US$17,3 billion (2004)

 

 

 

Main trading partners: United States, China, Taiwan, France, Portugal, South Africa, Japan, Brazil, UK (2004)

 

 

 

Exports: US$14 billion

 

 

 

Imports: US$5 billion

 

 

 

Major exports: Crude oil, diamonds, petroleum products, gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber and cotton

 

 

 

Major imports: Machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts, medicines, food, textiles

 

 

 

Mineral resources: Petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium

 

Government and Administration


Vice-President

Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos

Minister of State and head of Civilian House (Office of the President)


Carlos Maria da Silva Feijó

Minister of State and head of Military House (Office of the President)


Manuel Helder Vieira Dias Jr

Minister of State for Economic Coordination
Secretary of State for Economic Coordination

Manuel Nunes Júnior

Job Graça

Minister of External Relations
Secretary of State for External Relations
Secretary of State for Cooperation

Assunção Afonso de Sousa dos Anjos
Georges Rebello Chicoty
Exalgina Renée Vicente Olavo Gamboa

Minister of National Defence
Deputy Minister for National Defence Policy
Deputy Minister for Material Resources
Deputy Minister for Administration and Finance

Cândido Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem
Gaspar Rufino dos Santos
Salviano de Jesus Sequeira
Agostinho Fernandes Nelumba

Minister of the Interior
Deputy Minister for Internal Order
Deputy Minister for Migration
Deputy Minister for Penitentiary Services
Deputy Minister for Civil Protection and Fire Brigades
Deputy Minister for Administration and Finance

Roberto Leal Ramos Monteiro
Angelo de Barros Veiga Tavares
Eduardo de Almeida Ferreira Martins
José Bamokina Zau
Eugénio César Laborinho
Margarida de Jesus da Trindade Jordão de Barros

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

Norberto Fernando dos Santos

Minister of Territorial Administration
Deputy Minister for Institutional and Electoral Affairs
Deputy Minister for Local Administration

Bornito de Sousa Baltazar Diogo
Adão Francisco Correia de Almeida
Graciano Francisco Domingos

Minister of Justice
Deputy Minister of Justice
Deputy Minister for Auxiliary Legal Affairs

Guilhermina Contreiras da Costa Prata
João Alves Monteiro
Ana Carlos Canene Meirelles de Vasconcelos

Minister of Public Admin, Employment & Social Security
Deputy Minister for Employment and Social Security

António Domingos da Costa Pitra Neto
Senastião Constantino Lukinda

Minister of Information
Deputy Minister of Information

Carolina Cerqueira
Manuel Miguel de Carvalho

Minister of Youth and Sport
Deputy Minister of Youth
Deputy Minister of Sport

Gonçalves Manuel Muandumba
Yaba Pedro Alberto
Albino da Conceição José

Minister of Planning
Deputy Minister of Planning
Deputy Minister for Public Investment

Ana Afonso Dias Lourenço
Pedro Luís de Fonseca
Gualberto Lima Campos

Minister of Finance
Secretary of State for Finance
Secretary of State for the Budget
Secretary of State for the Treasury

Carlos Alberto Lopes
Valentina Matias de Sousa Filipe
Alcides Safeca
Manuel Neto Costa

Minister of Trade and Tourism
Secretary of State for Trade
Secretary of State for the Hotel Industry and Tourism

Maria Idalina de Oliveira Valente
Augusto Archer de Sousa Mangueira
Pedro Mutinde

Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries
Secretary of State for Agriculture
Secretary of State for Rural Development
Secretary of State for Fisheries
Secretary of State for Forestry

Afonso Pedro Canga
José Amaro Tati
Maria Filomena de Fátima Lobão Telo Delgado
Vitória Francisco Lopes Cristovão de Barros Neto
André de Jesus Moda

Minister of Geology, Mines and Industry
Secretary of State for Geology and Mines
Secretary of State for Industry

Joaquim Duarte da Costa David
Mankenda Ambroise
Kiala Ngone Gabriel

Oil Minister
Deputy Oil Minister
Deputy Minister for Administration

José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos
Aníbal Octávio Teixeira da Silva
José Gualter dos Remédios Inocêncio

Minister of the Environment
Deputy Minister of the Environment

Maria de Fátima Monteiro Jardim
Syanga Kivuila Samuel Abílio

Minister of Town Planning and Construction
Secretary of State for Town Planning and Housing
Secretary of State for Construction
Deputy Minister of Territorial Planning

José dos Santos da Silva Ferreira
Joaquim Silvestre António
José Joanes André
Manuel Francisco da Silva Clemente Jr

Minister of Transport
Deputy Minister for Road Transport
Deputy Minister for Rail Transport

Augusto da Silva Tomás
Carla Leitão Ribeiro de Sousa
José João Kovíngua

Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Deputy Minister for Telecommunications
Deputy Minister for Information Technology


José de Carvalho da Rocha
Aristides Frederico Safeca
Pedro Sebastião Teta

Minister of Energy and Water
Secretary of State for Energy
Secretary of State for Water

Emmanuela Bernadeth Afonso Vieira Lopes
João Baptista Borges
Luís Filpe da Silva

Minister of Health
Deputy Minister of Health

José Vieira Dias Van-Dúnem
Evelize Joaquina da Cruz Festes

Minister of Education
Deputy Minister for General Education and Social Action
Deputy Minister for Training and Technical Vocational Education

Mpinda Simão
Ana Paula Inês Luís Ndala Fernando

Narciso Damásio dos Santos Benedito

Minister of Higher Education and Science and Technology
Secretary of State for Higher Education
Secretary of State for Science and Technology

Maria de Cândida Pereira Teixeira
Adão Gaspar Ferreira do Nascimento
João Sebastião Teta

Minister of Culture
Deputy Minister of Culture

Rosa Maria Martins da Cruz e Silva
Cornélio Caley

Minister of Assistance and Social Reintegration
Deputy Minister for Social Assistance
Deputy Minister for Social Reintegration

João Baptista Kussumua
Maria da Luz do Rosário Cirilo de Sá Magalhães
Mateus Miguel Ângelo

Minister of the Family and the Advancement of Women
Deputy Minister for the Family

Genoveva da Conceição Lino
Ana Paula da Silva Sacramento Neto

Minister of Ex-Servicemen and Veterans
Deputy Minister for Ex-Servicemen

Kundy Paihama
Clemente Conjuca

Secretary of State for Human Rights

António Bembe Bembe

Secretary of the Council of Ministers

Frederico Manuel dos Santos e Silva Cardoso