Valentim Amões was an Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

n politician

Politician

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 and businessman. Born in Huambo Province, he was a member of the Central Committee of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola

Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola

The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Labour Party is a political party that has ruled Angola since the country's independence from Portugal in 1975...

 (MPLA).

He was killed along with 12 other people on January 19, 2008 when a B-200 aircraft headed for Huambo City struck the Serra Mbave mountains in Huambo Province. Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos

José Eduardo dos Santos

José Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who has been the second and current President of Angola since 1979. As President, José Eduardo dos Santos is also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces and president of the MPLA , the party that has been ruling Angola since...

said that he "was a dynamic, courageous and perspicacious businessman".