Adalberto Costa Júnior

Adalberto Costa Júnior
Adalberto Costa
President of UNITA
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 November 2019
Preceded byIsaías Samakuva
Personal details
Born (1962-05-08) 8 May 1962 (age 62)
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 political corruption. He was the godson of UNITA founder and leader Jonas Savimbi.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ Adalberto Costa Júnior. Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine Assembleia Nacional de Angola. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Angola Fala Só: Bilhete Identidade Adalberto Costa Junior". Voaportugues.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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