Paulo Teixeira Jorge | |
Office1: | Governor of Benguela Province |
Term Start1: | 1989 |
Term End1: | 1995 |
Predecessor1: | João Lourenço |
Successor1: | Dumilde das Chagas Rangel |
Office2: | Minister of External Relations |
Term Start2: | 17 March 1976 |
Term End2: | 20 October 1984 |
Predecessor2: | José Eduardo dos Santos |
Successor2: | José Eduardo dos Santos |
Birth Date: | 15 May 1929 |
Birth Place: | Benguela, Portuguese Angola |
Death Place: | Luanda, Angola |
Nationality: | Angolan |
Paulo Teixeira Jorge (May 15, 1929 – June 26, 2010[1]) was an Angolan politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Angola[2] from 1976 to 1984. He also served as governor of Benguela province, and as President of the National Assembly of Angola. He was one of the first leaders of the liberation struggle of Angola against Portuguese colonial domination. During his exile in France in the early 1960s he worked on the shop floor of a factory.