General Manuel Helder Vieira Dias Júnior (Kopelipa)

From far-off Paris Tiago sued for peace on 5 April in a dispatch to General Manuel Helder Vieira Dias Júnior ‘Kopelipa’ the head of the military bureau in the Presidency and appointed an intermediary...

Her letter to Kopelipa (of which we have a copy) outlines three steps...

Splits are appearing in the governing MPLA and mistrust is deepening between Angola’s two most powerful men Dos Santos and Kopelipa...

In the criminal complaint submitted in early January to Attorney General João Maria Moreira de Sousa Marques alleges that Manuel Domingos Vicente the head of the state-owned oil company Sonangol General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior 'Kopelipa' (see Pointer Cutting rivalries) Minister of State and head of the Military Bureau at the Presidency and Gen...

The complaint also accuses Kopelipa and Dino of abusing their public positions and of using their 'considerable influence over the President of the Republic who as the head of the Executive grants the final approval for petroleum block concessions'...

Gaydamak claims he was tricked into signing away his rights by presidential confidant General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior ‘Kopelipa’ in return for a promise of compensation by Leviev...

The presidency set up the DCPS to operate with the Gabinete de Reconstrução Nacional (Office of National Reconstruction) under General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior ‘Kopelipa’ but the unit’s existence was never confirmed by legislation or relevant decrees...

Initially the Gabinete de Reconstrução Nacional under General Helder Vieira Dias Junior ‘Kopelipa’ took charge of Kilamba Kiaxi...

Kopelipa is also the head of the Casa Militar the body which oversees the police army and state security...

Kopelipa an erstwhile presidential favourite was sacked from the directorship...

Observers suggested that Dos Santos was just curbing Kopelipa’s access to Chinese funds while allowing him to disappear from public scrutiny...

Delta is owned by none other than Vicente Kopelipa and Gen...

Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento ‘Dino’ Kopelipa’s advisor and Head of the Military Bureau of the President...

It later emerged that the consortium behind it includes Manuel Vicente Chairman of the state oil company Sonangol General Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento ‘Dino’ head of communications in the presidency and Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias ‘Kopelipa’ Angola’s most powerful general and Minister of State...

Kopelipa and others have been buying up previously critical weekly papers and giving them TV Zimbo-style editorial and staff makeovers...

Vice-President Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos ‘Nando’ (no relation to José Eduardo) is a close presidential confidant and friend but lacks charisma and is less influential than ministers Carlos Maria da Silva Feijó and General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior ‘Kopelipa’...

Marques says Damer is owned by General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior ‘Kopelipa’ Director of the National Reconstruction Office and Gen...

Many others simply think that Nunes had outgrown his post and was seen as a threat to Dos Santos Hélder Vieira Dias ‘Kopelipa’ Director of the National Reconstruction Office and the third Minister of State Carlos Feijo...

The newly-created role of vice-president went neither to Engineer Manuel Vicente boss of state oil company Sonangol nor to General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Junior ‘Kopelipa’: both were ineligible since the vice-president must be a member of the National Assembly...

Military chief Kopelipa’s promotion as one of three ministers of state makes him the government’s nominal number four behind Dos Santos Nando and Civil Chief of Staff Carlos Maria da Siva Feijó a long-time presidential advisor...

Kopelipa who joins the Council of Ministers also heads the military oversight body the Casa Militar with a security apparatus to manage a smooth re-election for Dos Santos...

Some contractors linked to Kopelipa are suspected of corruption for which the long-time Minister of Public Works Brigadier Gen...