Country name: Angola

Official name: Republic of Angola

President: Mr. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

Government type: Multiparty democracy with a Executive Presidency composed of the following State bodies: The President of the Republic, the National Assembly, the Government and the Courts.

Party of Government: MPLA

Main opposition party: UNITA

Capital: Luanda

Political/Administrative divisions: 18 Provinces divided in 163 municipalities; Bengo, Benguela, Bié, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, , Uige, Zaire

Independence: November 11, 1975 (from Portugal)

National holiday: Independence Day, November 11 (1975)
Constitution: January 21, 2010

Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets

Chief of State: President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (since 26 September 2017)

Vice-President: Bornito de Sousa Baltazar Diogo

Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the President

Judicial branch: Constitutional Court, Supreme Court or Tribunal of Relation, judges of the Supreme
Court are appointed by the President.