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{{Short description|Head of state and government of Angola}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
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| post = President
| body = Republic of Angola
| native_name = {{nativename|pt|Presidente de Angola}}
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| insigniasize = 180px
| insigniacaption = Presidential flag
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| image = João Lourenço 2023.jpg
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| incumbent = [[João Lourenço]]
| acting = 
| incumbentsince = 26 September 2017
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| termlength = Five years,
| termlength_qualified = renewable once
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Angola]] (2010)
| precursor = [[List of colonial governors of Angola|Colonial governor of Angola]]
| inaugural = 
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1975|11|11}}
| first = [[Agostinho Neto]]
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| deputy = [[Vice President of Angola]]
| salary = {{Currency|640,100|AOA}}/US$ 1,263 monthly<ref>{{cite news |title=Salary of the President of the Republic of Angola rises by 100 euros per month |url=https://www.jn.pt/mundo/salario-do-presidente-da-republica-de-angola-sobe-100-euros-por-mes-8559485.html |access-date=30 March 2022 |work=[[Jornal de Notícias]] |date=13 June 2017 |language=pt |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928104702/https://www.jn.pt/mundo/salario-do-presidente-da-republica-de-angola-sobe-100-euros-por-mes-8559485.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website = https://governo.gov.ao/ao/
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{{Politics of Angola}}

The '''president of Angola''' ({{Langx|pt|Presidente de Angola|link=no}}) is both [[head of state]] and [[head of government]] in [[Angola]]. According to the constitution adopted in 2010, the post of [[Prime Minister of Angola|prime minister]] is abolished; [[Executive (government)|executive]] authority belongs to the president who has also a degree of legislative power, as he can govern by decree. 

The position of president dates from Angola's independence from [[Portugal]]. [[Agostinho Neto]] obtained the position when his People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ([[MPLA]]) won control of the country from the Portuguese. When Neto died in 1979, [[José Eduardo dos Santos]] succeeded him.  

Under Dos Santos' leadership, Angola became a multi-party state, although it remained controlled by him. The election held in 1992 reelected Dos Santos with 49% of the votes. His opponent, [[Jonas Savimbi]] of the National Union for Total Independence of Angola ([[UNITA]]) party, claimed that the election was fraudulent.

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the [[Constitution of Angola]]. The term limit has not been met by any president yet.<ref name="termlimits">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Candace |last2=Siegle |first2=Joseph |title=Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |website=Africa Center for Strategic Studies |access-date=6 May 2023 |archive-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506143804/https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  

Per the [[Constitution of Angola|current constitution]] enacted in 2010, the Angolan president is elected by [[Double simultaneous vote|double simultaneous]] [[first-past-the-post voting]] for a five-year term by the [[National Assembly (Angola)|National Assembly]], renewable once. Each participating party nominates a candidate as top of its list, who must be clearly identified on the ballot paper. The candidate of the party gathering the most votes is elected President.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Angola_2010.pdf?lang=en |title=Angola's Constitution of 2010 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=6 June 2017 |publisher=Oxford Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press) |language=en |access-date=27 September 2017 |archive-date=1 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001104114/https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Angola_2010.pdf?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/pt/ao/ao001pt.pdf |title=Constituição da Républica de Angola |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organisation |language=pt |access-date=27 September 2017 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619033319/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/pt/ao/ao001pt.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The new constitution limits a president to serving two terms, although it does not count the terms already served at the date of entry into force of the constitution, and abolishes the post of [[Prime Minister of Angola|prime minister]], instead introducing the post of vice-president.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-01-21 |title=Angola stops presidential polls |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8472127.stm |access-date=2024-07-04 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[João Lourenço]] is the current incumbent. He ascended to power on 26 September 2017.

==List of presidents of Angola (1975–present)==
{{main|List of presidents of Angola}}

==See also==
* [[Vice President of Angola]]
* [[Prime Minister of Angola]]
===Relevant lists===
;General
* [[Lists of incumbents]]
* [[List of national leaders]]

;Angola
* [[List of colonial governors of Angola]]
* [[List of prime ministers of Angola]]
* [[List of heads of state of Democratic People's Republic of Angola]]
* [[List of heads of government of Democratic People's Republic of Angola]]

==References==
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{{Angola topics}}
{{AngolanPresidents}}
{{Heads of state and government of African states}}

[[Category:Government of Angola]]
[[Category:Lists of national presidents|Angola]]
[[Category:Presidents of Angola| ]]
[[Category:1975 establishments in Angola]]