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He swore in Agostinho Neto as the first president of the country.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"9 April 1929","date":"1929-04-09"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Caála","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1052090"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"27 February 2016","date":"2016-02-27"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Luanda","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3897"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Angola","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"chemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593644"},{"text":"physicist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169470"},{"text":"mathematician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170790"},{"text":"political scientist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238570"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28551"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Coimbra","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368643"},{"text":"University of Lisbon (1911–2013)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14914376"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Ruth Lara","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113084520"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Angola (11 September 1979 – 20 September 1979)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846091","start":"1979-09-11","end":"1979-09-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BAcio_Lara","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Lúcio Lara born?","a":"Lúcio Lara was born on 9 April 1929 in Caála."},{"q":"What positions has Lúcio Lara held?","a":"Positions held by Lúcio Lara include: President of Angola (1979–1979)."},{"q":"Where did Lúcio Lara study?","a":"Lúcio Lara was educated at University of Coimbra, University of Lisbon (1911–2013)."}],"related":[{"name":"José Eduardo dos Santos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-eduardo-dos-santos"},{"name":"Agostinho Neto","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/agostinho-neto"},{"name":"João Lourenço","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joao-lourenco"},{"name":"Alan Sugar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alan-sugar"},{"name":"Aleksandr Skorobogatko","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aleksandr-skorobogatko"},{"name":"Alinaghi Khamoushi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alinaghi-khamoushi"},{"name":"Andrej Babiš","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrej-babis"},{"name":"Anil Ambani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anil-ambani"},{"name":"Anutin Charnvirakul","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anutin-charnvirakul"},{"name":"Aziz Akhannouch","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aziz-akhannouch"},{"name":"Bhumibol Adulyadej","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhumibol-adulyadej"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Lúcio Lara","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BAcio_Lara","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1479462","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479462","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Lúcio Lara, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Lúcio Lara\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/lucio-lara. Retrieved 11 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T06:49:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/lucio-lara","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/lucio-lara","ne":null}}