{"id":2368,"date":"2017-11-15T16:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2017-11-15T17:00:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T17:00:55","slug":"angolan-president-sacks-his-daughter-as-head-of-angola-national-oil-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/angolan-president-sacks-his-daughter-as-head-of-angola-national-oil-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Angolan president sacks former President\u2019s daughter as head of national oil company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--News programBlockHeader\">\n<h1 class=\"article__title\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive lazyloaded\" style=\"font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/404659\/400x225_404659.jpg?1510750250\" alt=\"Angolan president sacks Isabel dos Santos as head of the national oil company\" \/><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<header class=\"article__header hidden-in-basic\">\n<div class=\"article__meta\">\n<address class=\"article__author\"><strong>\u00a0Nov 15, 2017:\u00a0 Angolan President Joao Lourenco dismissed Isabel dos Santos as chair of the state oil company Sonangol on Wednesday in a dramatic move against the family of the former president.<\/strong><\/address>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>The daughter of Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola for 38 years until stepping down in September, was replaced by Carlos Saturnino, the president\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Saturnino, an oil veteran who was fired by Isabel from Sonangol last year, was most recently Secretary of State for Oil.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Isabel dos Santos did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Lourenco also replaced six other board members, appointing Sebasti\u00e3o Pai Querido Gaspar Martins, Lu\u00eds Ferreira do Nascimento Jos\u00e9 Maria, Carlos Eduardo Ferraz de Carvalho Pinto, Ros\u00e1rio Fernando Isaac, Baltazar Agostinho Gon\u00e7alves Miguel, Alice Marisa Le\u00e3o Sopas Pinto da Cruz as executive directors.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Gime and Andr\u00e9 Lelo were reappointed as non-executive directors.<\/p>\n<p>Among those dismissed were Sarju Raikundalia, a senior\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">PWC<\/span>\u00a0executive who was brought in to clean up Sonangol\u2019s finances, and Eunice Carvalho, who previously worked for Chevron and was leading a restructuring at Angola\u2019s biggest and most important company.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span class=\"caps\">REUTERS<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Nov 15, 2017:\u00a0 Angolan President Joao Lourenco dismissed Isabel dos Santos as chair of the state oil company Sonangol on Wednesday in a dramatic move against the family of the former president. 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