Roberto Francisco de Almeida
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Preceded byFernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem
Succeeded byFernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
Born
5 February 1941
Kaxikane (Cachimane),[1] Catete, Bengo, near Luanda, Overseas Province of Angola, Portugal
Roberto António Victor Francisco de Almeida
5 February 1941
Kaxikane (Cachimane),[1] Catete, Bengo, near Luanda, Overseas Province of Angola, Portugal
Political partyMPLA
Roberto de Almeida | |
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| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 3 June 1996 – 30 September 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem |
| Succeeded by | Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roberto António Victor Francisco de Almeida 5 February 1941 Kaxikane (Cachimane),[1] Catete, Bengo, near Luanda, Overseas Province of Angola, Portugal |
| Political party | MPLA |
Roberto António Victor Francisco de Almeida (born 5 February 1941) is an Angolan activist and politician for the MPLA liberation movement and party, lawyer, journalist, writer and poet. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister (1976-1978), Minister of Foreign Trade (1978-1979), Minister of Planning (1979-1981), and the President of the National Assembly of Angola (1996-2008).[1][2][3]
Besides being a politician, Almeida is also an established Portuguese-language writer, under the pseudonym Jofre Rocha.[1][4]
Poetry
Rocha's publications include:[5][6]
- Rocha, Jofre (1973). Tempo de cicio [Time cycle]. Cadernos Capricórnio, 6 (in Portuguese). Capricórnio. 32 pages. Poetry.
- Rocha, Jofre (1977). Assim se fez madrugada : canções do povo e da revolução [This is how dawn broke: songs of the people and the revolution]. Colecção Autores angolanos, 9 (in Portuguese). Lisboa: Edições 70 (Ed. 70). OCLC 463073408. 78 pages. Poetry.
- Rocha, Jofre (1985). Crónicas de Ontem e de sempre [Chronicles of yesterday and forever]. Cadernos Lavra & Oficina, 47 (in Portuguese). Luanda: UEA - União dos Escritores Angolanos. LCCN 89191431. OCLC 21077361. 53 pages.
- Rocha, Jofre (1988). 60 canções de amor e luta : põesia [60 songs of love and struggle : poetry]. Contemporâneos (in Portuguese). Luanda: União dos escritores angolanos. OCLC 499453133. 82 pages. Poetry.
Anthology
- Rocha, Jofre (2014). Neto, Akiz (ed.). Contingência : afectos, revoltas e ternura : poesia de Jofre Rocha, antologia [Contingency : affections, revolts and tenderness : poetry by Jofre Rocha, anthology] (in Portuguese). Luanda, Angola; Lisboa: Ministério da Cultura, Comissão Organizadora do II Festival Nacional de Cultura ; Mercado das Letras. OCLC 1352000355. 217 pages. Poetry.
Prose
Short stories
- Rocha, Jofre (1977). Estórias do Musseque [Stories from the Musseque (slum)]. Colecção Autores angolanos, 3 (in Portuguese). Lisboa / São Paulo: Edições 70 / Ática. OCLC 863325218. 88 pages. Short stories.
Politics
- Rocha, Jofre (2002). 10º aniversário da Assembleia Nacional [10th anniversary of the National Assembly, 1992-2002] (in Portuguese). Luanda: Assembléia Nacional. OCLC 940755050. 116 pages. Prose.
- Rocha, Jofre (2011). Peço a palavra : peças de oratória parlamentar [I request the floor: parliamentary oratory pieces]. Discursos, entrevistas & communicações, no. 1 (in Portuguese). Luanda: Kilombelombe. ISBN 9789898368157. OCLC 820553468. 460 pages. Prose.
