José Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who served as the president of Angola from 1979 to 2017. Dos Santos died at a clinic in Barcelona, Spain following a long illness, the Angolan government said in an announcement on its Facebook page.
The announcement said dos Santos was “a statesman of the great historical scale who governed … the Angolan nation through very difficult times.” Dos Santos had mostly lived in Barcelona since stepping down in 2017 and had been undergoing treatment there for health problems.
Who is Ana Paula dos Santos?
Ana Paula Cristovão Lemos dos Santos is the wife of former President of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos. She served as Angola’s First Lady from 1991 to 2017. A former fashion model and air hostess on the Angolan presidential aircraft, dos Santos met her husband during the time she was working on presidential flights.
They married on 17th May 1991 and are parents of three children.