Editing Angolan Armed Forces (section)

==History==

=== Roots ===
The FAA succeeded to the previous [[People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola]] (FAPLA) following the abortive [[Bicesse Accord]] with the [[Armed Forces of the Liberation of Angola]] (FALA), armed wing of the [[National Union for the Total Independence of Angola]] (UNITA). As part of the peace agreement, troops from both armies were to be [[demilitarized]] and then integrated. Integration was never completed as UNITA and FALA went back to war in 1992. Later, consequences for FALA personnel in Luanda were harsh with FAPLA veterans persecuting their erstwhile opponents in certain areas and reports of [[vigilantism]].

=== Founding ===
The Angolan Armed Forces were created on 9 October 1991. The institutionalization of the FAA was made in the [[Bicesse Accords]], signed in 1991, between the Angolan Government and UNITA. The principles that would govern the FAA were defined in a joint proposal presented on September 24, 1991, and approved on 9 October. On 14 November 1991, Generals João Baptista de Matos and Abílio Kamalata Numa were appointed to the Superior Command of the Armed Forces. The ceremony took place at the [[Hotel Presidente Luanda]], and was presided over by the then-minister França Vandúnem.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FAA {{!}} FORÇAS ARMADAS ANGOLANAS|url=https://faa.ao/pagina/historia-cultura|access-date=2021-06-29|website=faa.ao|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525173050/https://faa.ao/pagina/historia-cultura|url-status=dead}}</ref>