João Maria de Sousa
General João Maria Moreira de Sousa (born 1951) is a former Attorney General of Angola, "the top magistrate of the Prosecuting Council". In a December 2007 ceremony reconfirming his post (which has been held since at least 2004) and attended by members of the press, de Sousa was photographed being sworn into office by José Eduardo dos Santos, President, Head of Government, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Angola. Military background. General de Sousa is, along with fellow "top generals" Higino Carneiro, Hélder Vieira Dias, Roberto Leal Monteiro, and Kundi Paihama, one of  the military leaders holding top ministerial posts for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the political party that has ruled Angola since it gained its independence from Portugal in 1975. Name. General de Sousa should not be confused with João Maria de Sousa e Almeida, Baron de Agua-Izé, a Portuguese nobleman credited with bringing the seeds of the breadfruit tree to São Tomé in 1858.