| Office1: | Attorney General of Angola |
| Term End1: | 1993 |
| Successor1: | Domingos Culolo |
| Office2: | Ambassador of Angola to Italy |
| Term Start2: | 1993 |
| Term End2: | 1999 |
| Predecessor2: | Mawete João Baptista |
| Successor2: | Boaventura Cardoso |
| Birth Date: | 22 February 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Luanda, Angola |
| Death Place: | Viana do Castelo, Portugal |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, poet, film critic, attorney general and ambassador[1] |
| Education: | Law |
| Nationality: | Angolan |
| Party: | MPLA |
Antero Alberto Ervedosa de Abreu, better known as Antero Abreu (February 22, 1927 – March 15, 2017), was an Angolan lawyer, attorney general, ambassador, author and poet.
Antero de Abreu was born in Luanda, Angola,[2] and completed his primary, secondary and high school studies there. He studied law in Portugal, first in Coimbra and then later in Lisbon.[2] [3] As a student in Lisbon he became the leader of the Casa dos estudantes do Império (House of Students of the Empire).[4]
As an anti-colonial activist, he began writing poetry on the subject, where it was gradually noticed and picked up by various magazines and publications. He remained a productive writer up until his death.
He was a founder of the Angolan Writers Union,[5] as well as the Academy of Arts and Social Sciences.
He was also the second Attorney General of then People's Republic of Angola and ambassador to Italy.[2]
De Abreu died on March 15, 2017, at the age of 90, of an illness.