Adalberto Costa Júnior
Adalberto Costa
President of UNITA
Assumed office
15 November 2019
Preceded byIsaías Samakuva
Personal details
Born (1962-05-08) 8 May 1962
Kunje, Portuguese Angola
Political partyUNITA

Adalberto Costa Júnior (born 8 May 1962) is an Angolan politician, current president of UNITA and a member of the National Assembly of Angola.[1]

He trained in electrotechnical engineering at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto and in public ethics at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.[2]

He has campaigned against public corruption. He was the godson of Jonas Savimbi.[3]

In November 2019, Júnior was elected as president of the UNITA, ending Isaias Samakuva's 16-year term.[4]

References

  1. Adalberto Costa Júnior. Assembleia Nacional de Angola. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. "Angola Fala Só: Bilhete Identidade Adalberto Costa Junior". Voaportugues.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. Horas, Angola 24. "Angola 24 Horas - Adalberto Costa Júnior espera que luta contra a corrupção não seja uma "gincana de escolhas"". Angola24horas.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Angola: Adalberto Costa Junior, new leader of Unita - RFI". tellerreport.com. November 16, 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.


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