Hélder Vieira Dias

General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Jr, known by the nickname "Kopelipa", is director of the National Reconstruction Office, a top governmental position in Angola. [1][2] He is — along with fellow "top generals" Francisco Higino Carneiro, João Maria de Sousa, Roberto Leal Monteiro, and Kundi Paihama — one of the military leaders holding top ministerial posts for the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the political party that has ruled Angola since it gained its independence from Portugal in 1975. [3] The general has been referred to as "the highest and most trusted member of the president’s entourage". [2]

References

  1. ↑ Republic of Angola Permanent Mission to the United Nations, December 2005 Newsletter
  2. 1 2 Angola After the Wars by Augusta Conchiglia (11 Jun 2008)
  3. ↑ "Private security companies and a parallel State in Angola" (africafiles.org)


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