Agostinho Neto was born on 17 September 1922 in Bengo, Angola, Portuguese Africa (now Bengo, Angola). He died on 10 September 1979 in Moscow, Russian SFR, USSR [now Moscow, Russia].
First President of the Republic of Angola (11 November 1975 - 10 September 1979). He died in office following surgery to remove cancerous growths in a hospital in Moscow, Russia.