Events in the year 2022 in Angola.
Incumbents
- President: João Lourenço
- Vice President: Bornito de Sousa (until 14 September); Esperança da Costa onwards
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Angola
27 July - The Lulo Rose, a pink diamond, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo mine in Lunda Norte Province, Angola.[1]
24 August - 2022 Angolan general election: Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior.[2]
25 August - The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election.[3]
24 September - Thousands of people protest in Luanda, Angola, accusing incumbent president João Lourenço of electoral fraud in the latest election,[4]
Deaths
- 22 February - Jesús Tirso Blanco, 64, Argentina-born Roman Catholic prelate.[5]
- 18 May - Fernando Guimarães Kevanu, 85, Roman Catholic prelate.[6]
- 4 July - José Eduardo dos Santos, 79, politician.[7]
- 17 July - Miguel Maria N'Zau Puna, 90, politician and diplomat.[8]
- 19 August - Gustavo Costa, 63, journalist, stroke.[9]
- 31 October - José Nambi, 73, Roman Catholic prelate.[10]
- 18 November - Nagrelha, 36, Kuduro musician.[11]
- 12 December - Assunção dos Anjos, 76, Angolan diplomat, minister of external relations, heart attack.[12]
References
- ^ "Big pink diamond discovered in Angola, largest in 300 years". AP NEWS. 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "Vote counting begins in Angola, provisional results show MPLA ahead". MSN. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ Demony, Catarina (2022-08-25). "Angola ruling party close to victory in divisive election". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "Thousands in Angola's capital protest alleged electoral fraud". Reuters. 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ "Jesus Tirso Blanco, Bishop of Luena, has died". VerAngola. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Angola despede-se de D. Kevanu, bispo emérito de Ondjiva - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Portuguese). 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ Miguel; Gomes; Faus, Joan (2022-07-09). "Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos dies at 79". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "Faleceu em Luanda N'zau Puna, nacionalista e deputado angolano". Rádio Nacional de Angola (in Portuguese). 17 July 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Morreu o jornalista Gustavo Costa". Novo Jornal (in Portuguese). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Mourning in the Catholic Church: Dom José Nambi Bishop of the Diocese of Bié died". Angola Telegraph. 31 October 2022. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Duarte, Joana (22 November 2022). "Quem é "Nagrelha", o músico de kuduro que morreu aos 36 anos e que reuniu milhares de pessoas no funeral". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Lusa. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Morreu Assunção dos Anjos, ex-ministro das Relações Exteriores". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Edições Novembro. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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