Higino Carneiro
General Francisco Higino Lopes Carneiro (born July 8, 1962) is currently a member of parliament for the MPLA in Angola. He is, along with fellow "top generals" João Maria de Sousa, Hélder Vieira Dias, Roberto Leal Monteiro, and Kundi Paihama, one of the military leaders holding top ministerial posts for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the political party that has ruled Angola since it gained its independence from Portugal in 1975.
Higino Carneiro | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Cuanza Sul | |
| In office 1999–2002 | |
| Preceded by | Ramos da Cruz |
| Succeeded by | Serafim do Prado |
| Minister of Public Works | |
| In office 2002–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Castro Van-Dúnem Loy |
| Succeeded by | Fernando da Fonseca |
| Governor of Cuando Cubango | |
| In office 2012–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Eusébio de Brito Teixeira |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Mutindi |
| Governor of Luanda | |
| In office 2016–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Graciano Domingos |
| Succeeded by | Adriano Mendes de Carvalho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 8, 1962 Libolo, Cuanza Sul |
| Political party | Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola |
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