# 8th Politburo of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola

The 8th Politburo of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), officially the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the MPLA elected at the 8th Congress, was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee on 11 December 2021, and replaced the 7th Politburo that sat from 2019 to 2021.
At its 1st Ordinary Meeting, convened on 14 December 2021, the Politburo elected the 8th Secretariat and the 8th Council of Honor.
Of the 101, 48 are newcomers. Of these 48, 34 of them are women. 50 men and 51 women serve in the 8th Politburo.

## Meetings

| Plenum | Start–end | Length |
| 1st Ordinary Meeting | 14 December 2021 | 1 day |

## Members

| Rank | Name | 7th POL | 7th POL | Gender |
| Rank | Name | New | Rank | Gender |
| 1 | João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço | Old | 1 | Male |
| 2 | Luísa Pedro Francisco Damião | Old | 2 | Female |
| 3 | Paulo Pombolo | Old | 3 | Male |
| 4 | Adão Francisco Correia de Almeida | Old | 4 | Male |
| 5 | Americo António Cuononoca | Old | 8 | Male |
| 6 | Ana Celeste Cardoso Januário | Old | 9 | Female |
| 7 | Ana Paula do Sacramento Neto | Old | 10 | Female |
| 8 | António Domingos Pitra da Costa Neto | Old | 12 | Male |
| 9 | Bento Joaquim Sebastião Francisco Bento | New | — | Male |
| 10 | Bornito de Sousa Baltazar Diogo | Old | 13 | Male |
| 11 | Carlos Maria da Silva Feijó | Old | 14 | Female |
| 12 | Carolina Cerqueira | Old | 15 | Female |
| 13 | Daniel Félix Neto | Old | 17 | Male |
| 14 | Crispiniano Vivaldino E. dos Santos | New | — | Male |
| 15 | Dionísio Manuel da Fonseca | Old | 19 | Male |
| 16 | Dolina Nassocopia Miguel Tchinhama | Old | 20 | Female |
| 17 | Emília Carlota Dias | Old | 21 | Female |
| 18 | Ernesto Muangala | Old | 22 | Male |
| 19 | Eugénio César Laborinho | Old | 23 | Male |
| 20 | Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos "Nandó" | Old | 24 | Male |
| 21 | Gonçalves Manuel Muandumba | Old | 25 | Male |
| 22 | Irene Alexandra da Silva Neto | Old | 27 | Female |
| 23 | Isaac Francisco Maria dos Anjos | Old | 28 | Male |
| 24 | Joana Domingos dos Santos Filipe Tomás | Old | 29 | Female |
| 25 | Joana Lina Ramos Baptista Cândido | Old | 30 | Female |
| 26 | João de Almeida Azevedo Martins | Old | 34 | Male |
| 27 | João Diogo Gaspar | Old | 32 | Male |
| 28 | João Ernesto dos Santos | Old | 33 | Male |
| 29 | Jorge Inocêncio Dombolo | Old | 35 | Male |
| 30 | José Carvalho da Rocha | Old | 36 | Male |
| 31 | Luís Manuel da Fonseca Nunes | Old | 40 | Male |
| 32 | Manuel Gomes da Conceição Homem | Old | 44 | Male |
| 33 | Manuel José Nunes Júnior | Old | 45 | Male |
| 34 | Manuel Pedro Chaves | Old | 46 | Male |
| 35 | Mara Regina Baptista Quiosa | Old | 47 | Female |
| 36 | Marcos Alexandre Nhunga | Old | 48 | Male |
| 37 | Marcy Cláudio Lopes | Old | 49 | Male |
| 38 | Maria Ângela Teixeira de Alves S. Bragança | Old | 50 | Female |
| 39 | Marie Antoinette Josefina Sabinda | Old | 51 | Female |
| 40 | Maricel Marinho da Silva Capama | Old | — | Female |
| 41 | Mário António Sequeira e Carvalho | Old | — | Male |
| 42 | Mário Pinto de Andrade | Old | 55 | Male |
| 43 | Norberto Fernandes dos Santos | Old | 57 | Male |
| 44 | Paula Cristina Domingos Francisco Coelho | Old | 58 | Female |
| 45 | Pedro de Morais Neto | Old | 59 | Male |
| 46 | Pedro Makita Armando Júlia | Old | 60 | Male |
| 47 | Pedro Mutindi | Old | 61 | Male |
| 48 | Pedro Sebastião Teta | Old | 63 | Male |
| 49 | Pereira Alfredo | Old | 64 | Male |
| 50 | Rui Luís Falcão Pinto de Andrade | Old | 65 | Male |
| 51 | Sílvia Paula Valentim Lutucuta | Old | 68 | Female |
| 52 | Vera Esperança dos Santos Daves de Sousa | Old | 69 | Female |
| 53 | Bernardo Adriano Tyova | Old | 70 | Male |
| 54 | Virgílio Ferreira de Fontes Pereira | Old | 71 | Male |
| 55 | Loti Nolika | New | — | Female |
| 56 | Adriano Mendes de Carvalho | New | — | Male |
| 57 | Job Castelo Capapinha | New | — | Male |
| 58 | Nuno Mahapi Dala | New | — | Male |
| 59 | Gerdina Didalewa | New | — | Female |
| 60 | Augusto Archer de Sousa Hose | New | — | Male |
| 61 | José Martins | New | — | Male |
| 62 | Tete António | New | — | Male |
| 63 | Manuel Domingos Augusto | Old | 43 | Male |
| 64 | Aia-Eza Gomes da Silva Troso | New | — | Female |
| 65 | Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho | New | — | Female |
| 66 | Angela Maria Botelho de Carvalho Diogo | New | — | Female |
| 67 | Angelica Nene Curita Inhungo | New | — | Female |
| 68 | Carla Maria Leitão Ribeiro de Sousa | New | — | Female |
| 69 | Carmen Ivelize Van-Dúnem do Sacramento Neto dos Santos | New | — | Female |
| 70 | Celeste Elavoco David Adolfo | New | — | Female |
| 71 | Dalva Maurícia Ringote Allen | New | — | Female |
| 72 | Elizabeth Claudina Rufino Chiwissa | New | — | Female |
| 73 | Emília da Conceição Panjimba | New | — | Female |
| 74 | Esmeralda Bravo Conde da Silva Mendonça | New | — | Female |
| 75 | Hope Maria Eduardo Francisco da Costa | New | — | Female |
| 76 | Hemingarda João Fernandes | New | — | Female |
| 77 | Joaquim António Carlos dos Reis Júnior | New | — | Male |
| 78 | Francisco Pereira Furtado | New | — | Male |
| 79 | Gildo Matias José | New | — | Male |
| 80 | Esteves Carlos Hilário | New | — | Male |
| 81 | Eduarda Desihafela Daniel Zacarias | New | — | Female |
| 82 | Aniceto da Fonseca Emílio Pedro | New | — | Male |
| 83 | Josefina Perpétua Pires Domingos Diakite | New | — | Female |
| 84 | Maria Antónia Nelumba | New | — | Female |
| 85 | Maria Esperança dos Santos | New | — | Female |
| 86 | Maria Idalina Valente | New | — | Female |
| 87 | Maria João Francisco Tchipalavela | New | — | Female |
| 88 | Narciso Damásio dos Santos Benedito | New | — | Male |
| 89 | Leonor da Silva Garibalde | New | — | Female |
| 90 | Maria Piedade de Jesus | New | — | Female |
| 91 | Maria Fernanda Cavungo | New | — | Female |
| 92 | Ruth Mendes | New | — | Female |
| 93 | Catarina Pedro Domingos | New | — | Female |
| 94 | Deolinda Odia Paulo Satula Vilarinho | New | — | Female |
| 95 | Josefina Ndesipewa Gomes | New | — | Female |
| 96 | Jamila Huguet da Silva de Almeida Prata | New | — | Female |
| 97 | Hope Luzia Jackon Pembele | New | — | Female |
| 98 | Evandra Luisa de Jesus Martins Mingas | New | — | Female |
| 99 | Helena Berta Buco Vando Marciado | New | — | Female |
| 100 | Suzana Augusta de Melo | New | — | Female |
| 101 | Luciana Mona Cachiangue | New | — | Female |