Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President João LOURENÇO
• Head of Government: President João LOURENÇO
• Assembly: Angola has a unicameral National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) with 220 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected as the leader of the party who received the most votes in the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) 220 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***

*** There are 18 provinces that elects 5 members, and one national constituency with 130 seats.

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Angola: No