Valentim Amões
Born(1959-09-11)11 September 1959
Died19 January 2008(2008-01-19) (aged 48)
NationalityAngolan

Valentim Amões (4 July 1960 - 19 January 2008) was an Angolan politician and businessman.

Born in the village of Camela (now known as Camela Amões Village) in the Huambo Province, he was a member of the Central Committee of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), having defected from UNITA.[1]

He was killed along with 12 other people on 19 January 2008, when a B-200 aircraft headed for Huambo City struck the Serra Mbave mountains in the Huambo Province.[2] Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos said that he "was a dynamic, courageous and perspicacious businessman".[3] He was 47 on the day of the tragedy.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Daniel Metcalfe, Blue Dahlia, Black Gold: A Journey Into Angola (Hutchinson, 2013), Arrow Books, 2014, pp. 142–43.
  2. ↑ "Angola: Opposition Unita Regrets Death of Valentim Amões", AllAfrica, 23 January 2008.
  3. ↑ "Angola: Head of State Praises Late Valentim Amões' Entrepreneurial Qualities", AllAfrica, 22 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "Deaths in January 2008". general-books.net. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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