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Angola Executive Branch
The President
Executive authority is vested in the president, his
appointed
ministers, and the Defense and Security Council
(see
fig. 11). The
president is selected as head of the MPLA-PT by the
Political
Bureau. His authority derives first from his status as
head of the
MPLA-PT and then from his preeminence in government.
President dos
Santos, like his predecessor, had wide-ranging powers as
the
leading figure in politics and the military. He was
commander in
chief of the armed forces and chairman of the Council of
Ministers.
He was also empowered to appoint and dismiss a wide
variety of
national and provincial officials, including military
officers and
provincial commissioners. The president could also
designate an
acting president from among the members of the MPLA-PT
Political
Bureau, but if he died or were disabled, his successor
would be
chosen by the Central Committee.
Data as of February 1989
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