Events in the year 2022 in Angola.

Incumbents

President: João Lourenço

Vice President: Bornito de Sousa (until 14 September); Esperança da Costa onwards

2022 in Angola

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Angola

27 July - The Lulo Rose, a pink diamond, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo mine in Lunda Norte Province, Angola.

2022 in Angola

24 August - 2022 Angolan general election: Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior.

2022 in Angola

25 August - The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election.

24 September - Thousands of people protest in Luanda, Angola, accusing incumbent president João Lourenço of electoral fraud in the latest election,

Deaths

18 May - Fernando Guimarães Kevanu, 85, Roman Catholic prelate. 4 July - José Eduardo dos Santos, 79, politician.

References

2020s in Angola

Years of the 21st century in Angola

Angola

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