2022 in Angola

Events in the year 2022 in Angola.

Incumbents

 * President: João Lourenço
 * Vice President: Bornito de Sousa (until 14 September); Esperança da Costa onwards

Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Angola

27 July - The Lulo Rose, a pink diamond, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo mine in Lunda Norte Province, Angola.

24 August - 2022 Angolan general election: Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior.

25 August - The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election.

24 September - Thousands of people protest in Luanda, Angola, accusing incumbent president João Lourenço of electoral fraud in the latest election,

Deaths

 * 22 February - Jesús Tirso Blanco, 64, Argentina-born Roman Catholic prelate.
 * 18 May - Fernando Guimarães Kevanu, 85, Roman Catholic prelate.
 * 4 July - José Eduardo dos Santos, 79, politician.
 * 17 July - Miguel Maria N'Zau Puna, 90, politician and diplomat.
 * 19 August - Gustavo Costa (journalist), 63, journalist, stroke.
 * 31 October - José Nambi, 73, Roman Catholic prelate.
 * 18 November - Nagrelha, 36, Kuduro musician.
 * 12 December - Assunção dos Anjos, 76, Angolan diplomat, minister of external relations, heart attack.