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José Eduardo dos Santos ruled Angola for thirty-seven years before ending his long political career in 2018 at the age of 76. And the government announced on its Facebook page, that he died in a Barcelona clinic, where he had been taken to hospital since he had a heart attack on June 23, 2022.
The notable former Angolan man has been ill for many years, but his health has deteriorated significantly in recent months. In June, a Portuguese newspaper said, between life and death He finally passed away in Barcelona on Friday 8 July 2022.
” The Angolan government reported in great pain and dread the death From Mr. dos Santos, says a short message posted by the government on social networks, specifying that the death occurred at the end of the morning.
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“Zedu” as it was called, started from scratch. José Eduardo dos Santos, the son of a mason, grew up in “Barrio” Sanpisanga, a poor neighborhood in the capital, Luanda. A fighter against the Portuguese colonialists, he joined the MPLA at the age of only nineteen, before joining the armed struggle.
Upon independence in 1975, “Zido” was a member of the MPLA Central Committee. He then joined the government, becoming prime minister and finally president in 1979, after the death of Agostinho Neto. The distinguished strategist Zedu would retain the reins of power, without ever being elected, for nearly four decades.
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