Paulo Kassoma

António Paulo Kassoma (born 6 June 1951) is an Angolan politician. He was named Prime Minister of Angola in September 2008 and remained in office until the new constitution replaced this function in February 2010. Kassoma then served as President of the National Assembly of Angola from 2010 to 2012. On August 27, 2016 Kassoma was named Party Secretary of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola.

Biography Kassoma was born in Rangel municipality, located in Luanda, the capital. His parents, Paulo Kassoma and Laurinda Katuta, were from Bailundo, a town in Huambo Province. He studied electromechanical engineering.

Kassoma was later the governor of Huambo Province and First Secretary of the MPLA in Huambo Province. On 11 February 2002, Kassoma offered white farmers in Zimbabwe who lost their farms as a result of that country's land reform the opportunity to resettle on 10,000 hectares of abandoned farmland in Huambo (specifically, in Chipipa In accordance with the Political Bureau's decision, President José Eduardo dos Santos appointed Kassoma as prime minister on 30 September 2008; in the same decree, he dismissed Kassoma from his post as Governor of Huambo Province. Kassoma was sworn in by dos Santos at the Presidential Palace in Luanda on the same day.

Kassoma's government was appointed on 1 October. There were 35 members of this government, 17 of whom were new to the government.

Under the terms of a new constitution passed by the National Assembly on 21 January 2010, the office of prime minister was eliminated. Kassoma was then designated as President of the National Assembly, replacing Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, who was appointed Vice-President of Angola. Following the 2012 legislative election, Piedade was elected to replace Kassoma as president of the National Assembly on 27 September 2012.

On 28 June 2013, Kassoma was designated as chairman of the board of directors of Banco Espírito Santo Angola, a major bank in Angola. He consequently was replaced in his seat in the National Assembly on 18 July 2013.