Roberto Francisco de Almeida
Roberto de Almeida | |
|---|---|
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 3 June 1996 – 30 September 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem |
| Succeeded by | Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roberto António Victor Francisco de Almeida 5 February 1941 Kaxikane (Cachimane), Catete, Bengo, near Luanda, Overseas Province of Angola, Portugal |
| Political party | MPLA |
Roberto António Victor Francisco de Almeida (born 5 February 1941) is an Angolan activist and politician for the MPLA liberation movement and party, lawyer, journalist, writer and poet. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister (1976-1978), Minister of Foreign Trade (1978-1979), Minister of Planning (1979-1981), and the President of the National Assembly of Angola (1996-2008).
Besides being a politician, Almeida is also an established Portuguese-language writer, under the pseudonym Jofre Rocha.