8th Secretariat of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
# 8th Secretariat of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola

The 8th Secretariat of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), officially the 8th Secretariat of the Political Bureau of the MPLA Central Committee, was elected at the 1st Ordinary Meeting of the 8th Politburo on 14 December 2021.

## Members

| Rank | Name | 7th SEC | 7th SEC | Title | Gender |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Name | New | Rank | Title | Gender |
| 1 | João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço | Old | 1 | MPLA President | Male |
| 2 | Luísa Pedro Francisco Damião | Old | 1 | MPLA Vice President | Female |
| 3 | Paulo Pombolo | Old | 1 | MPLA General Secretary | Male |
| 4 | Jorge Inocêncio Dombolo | Old | 1 | Secretary of Organisation and Societal Insertion | Male |
| 5 | Maria Idalina Valente | Old | 1 | Secretary of Economic Policy | Female |
| 6 | Maricel Marinho da Silva Capama | Old | 1 | Secretary of Social Policy | Female |
| 7 | Mário Pinto de Andrade | Old | 1 | Secretary of State Reform, Public Administration and Municipalities | Male |
| 8 | Rui Luís Falcão Pinto de Andrade | Old | 1 | Secretary of Information and Propaganda | Male |
| 9 | João de Almeida Azevedo Martins | Old | 1 | Secretary of Political and Electoral Affairs | Male |
| 10 | Manuel Domingos Augusto | Old | 1 | Secretary of International Relations | Male |
| 11 | Maria Ângela Teixeira de Alves S. Bragança | Old | 1 | Secretary of Staff Policy | Female |
| 12 | Pedro de Morais Neto | Old | 1 | Secretary of Former Combatants and Veterans of the Homeland | Male |
| 13 | Carla Maria Leitão Ribeiro de Sousa | Old | 1 | Secretary of Administration and Finance | Female |
| 14 | Virgílio Ferreira de Fontes Pereira | Old | 1 | President of the MPLA Parliamentary Group | Male |
| 15 | Marie Antoinette Baptista | Old | 1 | Coordinator of the Discipline and Audit Committee | Female |
| 16 | Joana Domingos dos Santos Filipe Tomás | Old | 1 | General Secretary of the Organisation of Angolan Women | Female |
| 17 | Crispiniano Vivaldino E. dos Santos | Old | 1 | First National Secretary of the Youth of MPLA | Male |
