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Desidério Costa
Desidério da Graça Veríssimo e Costa (born April 4, 1934) is an Angolan politician who was Minister of Petroleum from 2002 to 2008. As Minister of Petroleum, Costa visited the China, Cuba, Venezuela, the United States and others, due to his country's expanding petroleum industry. He was the 2005-2006 chairman of the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPA). He oversaw the emerging importance of Angolan oil in the global market. Costa also oversaw Angola's joining of OPEC by January 2007,OPEC press information on decisions of December 2006 Abuja conference as it is now the 2nd leading petroleum exporter in |
Botelho De Vasconcelos
Botelho is a surname, or part of a combined surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abel Botelho (1855/6–1917), Portuguese military officer, diplomat and writer *Bruce Botelho (born 1948), American attorney and politician in Alaska *Carlos Botelho (1899–1982), Portuguese painter and cartoonist *Carlos Botelho, Brazilian minister *João Botelho (born 1949), Portuguese film director *Jordan Botelho (born 2001), American football player *Júlio Botelho (1929–2003), also known as Julinho, Brazilian footballer *Martiniano Ferreira Botelho, Portuguese doctor, politician and philanthropist * Mauricio Botelho, former chairman of Embraer *Poliana Botelho (born 1988), Brazilian mixed martial artist *Rogério Márcio Botelho (born 1979), Brazilian footballer People with the combined surname: * José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, Angolan politician and government minister *Júlio Botelho Moniz Júlio Carlos Alves Dias Botelho Moniz (Lisbon, 12 October 1900 – Lisbon, 30 Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Movement For The Liberation Of Angola
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (, abbr. MPLA), from 1977–1990 called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan social democratic political party. The MPLA fought against the Portuguese Army in the Angolan War of Independence from 1961 to 1974, and defeated the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) in the Angolan Civil War. The party has ruled Angola since the country's independence from Portugal in 1975, being the ''de facto'' government throughout the civil war and continuing to rule afterwards. Formation The articulation for the founding of the MPLA took place, mainly, within two political organizations: the Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola (PLUAA), founded in 1953 by Viriato da Cruz and Matias Miguéis, which operated incipiently until 1954 due to a lack of mass mobilization, being overshadowed by other anti-colonial p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |