General Manuel Helder Vieira Dias Júnior (Kopelipa)

Helder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' and Manuel Vicente head of state oil company Sonangol...

The government team is led by Interior Minister Fernando da Piedade Días dos Santos ('Nando') Dos Santos' most powerful rival balanced by the President's Machiavellian point-man Helder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa'...

The most influential of these are the President's daughter Isabel dos Santos and General Helder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' head of the presidency's military office the Casa Militar...

In the catering business Kopelipa allied with Isabel and friendly with Falcone and Gaidamak has other interests...

Kopelipa's Entreposto Comercial won a $50 mn...

In mid-May Kopelipa shouted down senior UN officials insisting they should keep out of the quartering areas...

There are signs that Kopelipa was restrained by the respected former Chief of Staff João de Matos and senior FAA officers...

De Matos' successor Armando da Cruz Neto appointed by Kopelipa is said to have been angered by his superior officer's behaviour...

Helder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' military Chief of Staff at the presidency; José Leitão presidency Secretary General; Brig...

Also in the spotlight are Angola's military elite particularly Generals Manuel Van Helder Vieira 'Kopelipa' the National Security Advisor and Fernando Miala the Director of Military Intelligence whose unorthodox methods of arms procurement find frequent mention in French police documents...

Manuel Helder Vieira 'Kopelipa' in their public documents...

Arms procurement has long been the preserve of state purchaser Simportex under Kopelipa's management; he also negotiated a United States' lobbying contract with Cabelly-Riley International one of the most lucrative such contracts in Washington...

He disagreed with Kopelipa over tactics favouring a more gradualist approach in the war against Jonas Savimbi's União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola and arguing that the FAA should be more mobile and flexible with a hearts-and-minds campaign in ex-UNITA areas...

Kopelipa emphasises military might and capital-intensive war...

GW said the Angolan contact was National Security Advisor General Manuel Helda Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa'...

Foreign principal: General Manuel Helder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' (National Security Advisor to President José Eduardo dos Santos)...

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Those involved have included the President's National Security Advisor and counter-intelligence boss Manuel Helder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa'; Fernando Miala also from state security; and General Higino Carneiro...

Manuel Helder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' also in charge of counter-intelligence...

His critics argue that Kopelipa should have warned the politicians against starting the planalto offensive as a stunt timed to coincide with the MPLA's party congress last December...

Kopelipa who had been in charge of FAA's arms procurement deals has also been criticised for buying inappropriate equipment failing to secure the best value for money and not clamping down on corrupt practices on the government's side of the purchase arrangements...