Events in the year 2022 in Angola.
Incumbents
President: João Lourenço Vice President: Bornito de Sousa (until 14 September); Esperança da Costa onwards
Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Angola
27 July - The Lulo Rose, a pink diamond, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo mine in Lunda Norte Province, Angola.
24 August - 2022 Angolan general election: Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior.
25 August - The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election.
24 September - Thousands of people protest in Luanda, Angola, accusing incumbent president João Lourenço of electoral fraud in the latest election,
Deaths
22 February - Jesús Tirso Blanco, 64, Argentina-born Roman Catholic prelate. 18 May - Fernando Guimarães Kevanu, 85, Roman Catholic prelate. 4 July - José Eduardo dos Santos, 79, politician. 17 July - Miguel Maria N'Zau Puna, 90, politician and diplomat. 19 August - , 63, journalist, stroke. 31 October - José Nambi, 73, Roman Catholic prelate. 18 November - Nagrelha, 36, Kuduro musician. 12 December - Assunção dos Anjos, 76, Angolan diplomat, minister of external relations, heart attack.
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