(Bold italics in name indicates popular nickname)
TenureIncumbentAffiliationNotes11 November 1975 to 11 February 1976Holden Álvaro Roberto, President of the Joint National Council for the RevolutionFNLA Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, President of the Joint National Council for the RevolutionUNITA 11 February 1976Counter-government suppressed by Angolan government1979Counter-government restored1979 to 22 February 2002Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, PresidentUNITA 22 February 2002 to 4 April 2002Paulo Lukamba Gato, interim leader, Secretary-General of UNITAUNITA 4 April 2002Accord ends Civil War
Affiliations
FNLAFrente Nacional de Libertação de Angola(National Front for the Liberation of Angola) northern regionalist, estd.1957 as UPNA: (Unio das Populacoes do Norte de Angola)UNITAUnião Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola(National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) authoritarian/conservative, primarily ethnic Ovimbundu
Sources
African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000
See also Angola Democratic People's Republic of Angola Heads of state of Angola Heads of government of Angola Colonial heads of Angola Heads of government of the Democratic People's Republic of Angola Lists of office-holders