Roberto Leal Monteiro

General Roberto Leal Monteiro, nicknamed Ngongo, is Home Affairs Minister of Angola, a top governmental position in that country.[1][2] He is along with fellow "top generals" Higino Carneiro, João Maria de Sousa, Hélder Vieira Dias, and Kundi Paihama one of the military leaders holding top ministerial posts for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the political party that has ruled Angola since it gained its independence from Portugal in 1975.[3]

Roberto Leal Monteiro
Monteiro in 1982
Ambassador of Angola to Russia
In office
1999–2006
Preceded byLuís Doukoui de Castro
Succeeded bySamuel Tito Armando
Minister of the Interior
In office
2006–2010
Preceded byOsvaldo Serra Van-Dúnem
Succeeded bySebastião J.A. Martins
Personal details
NationalityAngolan
Political partyMPLA

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