Riyaz Patel
The daughter of Angola’s former president Joao Eduardo dos Santos, Isabel, has hinted at running for the presidency despite an asset freeze and accusations of diverting more than a billion dollars of state money.
It was the first time the daughter of dos Santos, who ruled Angola for 38 years, has hinted at entering politics.
João Lourenço took the helm in 2017.
In an interview with Portuguese TV channel RTP, she was asked whether she would be interested in running for president, Africa’s richest woman said: “It’s possible.”
Lourenco has cracked down on the role of his predecessor’s children, firing dos Santos from her job chairing oil firm Sonangol and her brother from the sovereign wealth fund.
Forbes magazine estimates the 46-year-old businesswoman, nicknamed “The Princess” at home, to be worth more than $2 billion, while two thirds of her compatriots live on less than $2 a day,
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