2022 in Angola
# 2022 in Angola

Events in the year 2022 in Angola.

## Incumbents

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

## 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.

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.

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.
