Dos Santos, who served as president between 1979 and 2017, died in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Friday morning, CNN Portugal reported, citing a government statement. The former president had been hospitalized in Spain prior to his death.
Dos Santos’ time in office was one of the longest-running presidencies in the world.
In a statement, the Angolan government said it “bows, with the greatest respect and consideration, to the figure of a statesman of great historical dimension, who…