Victor Fernandes had been appointed to the post in March 2020 and leaves at a time when prices for essential goods have been rising, reflecting the partial withdrawal of fuel subsidies and the devaluation of the kwanza.
Rui Miguéns de Oliveira previously passed through the BNA, having been exonerated by former president José Eduardo dos Santos and later "recovered" by João Lourenço, who appointed him deputy governor of the central bank, a position he left in December 2022.
In another diploma, the President of the Republic ended, at his request, the mandate of Maria do Carmo Bastos Corte Real Bernardo as non-executive director and chairman of the board of directors of Banco de Desenvolvimento de Angola, a position that will now be occupied by João Salvador Quintas, who was CEO of Banco Económico.