Hélder Vieira Dias
Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior | |
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Head of Studies, Research and Analysis Office (GEPA) | |
In office 1993–2017 | |
Preceded by | Lopo do Nascimento |
Chief of the Military Staff of the President | |
In office 1995–2017 | |
Preceded by | Osvaldo Serra Van-Dúnem |
Director-General of the National Foreign Intelligence Service | |
In office 2006–2006 | |
Preceded by | Fernando Garcia Miala |
Succeeded by | André Sango |
Head of the President's Security Service | |
In office 2012–2017 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Pedro Sebastião |
Personal details | |
Born | Luanda, Angola | October 4, 1953
Nationality | Angolan |
Political party | MPLA |
General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Jr, known by the nickname "Kopelipa", is director of the National Reconstruction Office, a top governmental position in Angola.[1][2] He is — along with fellow "top generals" Higino Carneiro, João Maria de Sousa, Roberto Leal Monteiro, and Kundi Paihama — one of the military leaders holding top ministerial posts for the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the political party that has ruled Angola since it gained its independence from Portugal in 1975.[3] The general has been referred to as "the highest and most trusted member of the president’s entourage".[2]
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