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Angola Defense and Security Council
In May 1986, the president appointed eight respected
advisers
to the Defense and Security Council, including the
ministers of
defense, interior, and state security; the ministers of
state for
the economic and social spheres, inspection and control,
and the
productive sphere; the FAPLA chief of the general staff;
and the
MPLA-PT Central Committee secretary for ideology,
information, and
culture. The president chaired the council and gave it a
broad
mandate, including oversight and administration in
military,
economic, and diplomatic affairs. He strengthened this
authority
during the council's first five years by treating the
council as an
inner circle of close advisers. By 1988 the Defense and
Security
Council and the Political Bureau, both chaired by the
president,
were the most powerful decision-making bodies within the
government
and party, respectively.
Data as of February 1989
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