Jump to content

Main menu Navigation ●Main page ●Contents ●Current events ●Random article ●About Wikipedia ●Contact us ●Donate Contribute ●Help ●Learn to edit ●Community portal ●Recent changes ●Upload file

●Create account ●Log in ●Create account ● Log in Pages for logged out editors learn more ●Contributions ●Talk

(Top) 1 List of chiefs 1.1 People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (1975–1992) 1.2 Angolan Armed Forces (1992–present) 2 References

Chief of General Staff (Angola)

Add links ●Article ●Talk ●Read ●Edit ●View history Tools Actions ●Read ●Edit ●View history General ●What links here ●Related changes ●Upload file ●Special pages ●Permanent link ●Page information ●Cite this page ●Get shortened URL ●Download QR code ●Wikidata item Print/export ●Download as PDF ●Printable version Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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
Abbreviation	CEMGFAA
Reports to	Minister of National Defence
Appointer	President
Formation	1975
Website	Official website

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.

List of chiefs[edit]

People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (1975–1992)[edit]

No.	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
?	Lieutenant general António França (born 1938)	1982	1988	5–6 years	^[2]

Angolan Armed Forces (1992–present)[edit]

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
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	1 year, 158 days	^[7]

References[edit]

^ https://comum.rcaap.pt/bitstream/10400.26/7418/1/ART%20873%20Isaias%20Mandele.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

^ Fauvet, Paul; Mosse, Marcelo (2003). Carlos Cardoso: Telling the Truth in Mozambique. Cape Town: Double Storey Books. pp. 194–195. ISBN 978-1919930312.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Galeria dos Chefes do Estado-Maior-General das FAA". faa.ao (in Portuguese). Angolan Armed Forces. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

^ "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.

^ "Nunda promovido a general do Exército". angonoticias.com/ (in Portuguese). Angop. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2021.