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journal of african elections vol17 number 1 transparent democratic governance in africa

Angola’s 2017 Elections and the Start of a Post-Dos Santos Era

For the first time in the history of its multiparty democracy, Angola held general elections in August 2017 without President José Eduardo dos Santos on the ballot paper. In 2016 dos Santos decided not to run again for the presidency but he remained the party chair. Instead, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço was nominated to replace […]