Capitalenome: Luanda coordinate geografiche: 8 50 S, 13 14 E differenza di tempo: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Indipendenza11 Novembre 1975 (from Portugal) Festa nazionaleGiorno Di Indipendenza, 11 Novembre (1975) Costituzioneadopted by People's Assembly 25 Agosto 1992 Suffragio18 anni; universal Ramo esecutivocapo dello stato: Presidente Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (da allora 21 September 1979); note - the president is both capo dello stato and capo di governo capo di governo: Presidente Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (da allora 21 September 1979); Fernando de Piedade Dias DOS SANTOS was appointed prime minister on 6 December 2002 cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections: president elected by universal ballot for a five-year term (eligible for a second consecutive or discontinuous term) under the 1992 constitution; Presidente DOS SANTOS originally elected (in 1979) without opposition under a one-party system and stood for reelection in Angola's first multiparty elections 29-30 September 1992 (next to be held in 2009) election results: Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS 49.6%, Jonas SAVIMBI 40.1%, making a run-off election necessary; the run-off was not held because SAVIMBI's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) repudiated the results of the first election; the civil war resumed leaving DOS SANTOS in his current position as the president |