Luanda - The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, on Tuesday appointed the members of the Council of the Republic.
Check below the names:
Esperança Costa, Vice-president of the Republic.
Carolina Cerqueira, Parliament Speaker.
Hélder Pitta Gróz, Attorney General of the Republic.
Luísa Damião, Vice-president of MPLA party.
Adalberto Costa Júnior, president of UNITA party.
Nimi Simbi, president of FNLA party.
Benedito Daniel, president of PRS party.
Florbela Malaquias, president of PHA party.
Adriano Botelho de Vasconcelos, poet, writer and politician.
Alfeo Vinevala Sachiquepa, entrepreneur.
António Charles Muana Uta Cabamba, King of the Baiacas.
Reverend Deolinda Dorcas Zola da Graça Paulo Teca, secretary general of the Council of Christian Churches in Angola (CICA).
Fernanda Renée Ulombe Samuel, environmentalist.
Francisco Manuel Monteiro de Queiroz, former minister of Justice and Human Rights.
Ismael Mateus Sebastião, journalist.
Jorge Alicerces Valentim, politician.
José Carlos Manuel de Oliveira Cunha, entrepreneur.
Luís Nguimbi, Chairman of the Angolan Christian Forum.
Manuel António Monteiro, entrepreneur.
Paula Marina Valério Alho Simons, journalist.
Rosa Maria Martins da Cruz e Silva, academic.
Suzana Deolinda Sousa Mendes Viriato, social activist.
Prophetess Suzete Francisco João, leader of the Theosophical Church.
The new composition of the Council of Republic comes in the need to adjust its organization and functioning as a result of the inauguration of the President of the Republic and the Vice-President, as well as the inauguration of the MPs, in the scope of the 24 August general elections.
According to the Constitution, the Council of the Republic is a consultative body of the Head of State.
