Manuel Vicente
Angolan politician (born 1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manuel Domingos Vicente (born 15 May 1956) is an Angolan politician who served as the vice president of Angola between September 2012 and September 2017. He was chief executive officer of Sonangol, Angola's state oil company, from 1999 to 2012, and he briefly served in the government as the minister of State for Economic Coordination in 2012. Vicente was the mastermind of a triumvirate alongside Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento and Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Junior, who built a secret banking network Banco Africano de Investimentos to transfer millions of dollars out of Angola from 1996 onward. While the US Treasury sanctioned the latter two in 2020 for misappropriating funds for personal benefit, they did not sanction Vicente.
Manuel Vicente | |
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2nd Vice President of Angola | |
In office 26 September 2012 – 26 September 2017 | |
President | José Eduardo dos Santos |
Preceded by | Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos |
Succeeded by | Bornito de Sousa |
Personal details | |
Born | (1956-05-15) 15 May 1956 (age 68) Luanda, Portuguese Angola |
Political party | MPLA |
Spouse | Marinela Vicente[citation needed] |
Children | 2[citation needed] |
Alma mater | Agostinho Neto University |