Vice Admiral Manuel Ferreira de Jesus

Vice Admiral Manuel Ferreira de Jesus was born on 17 April 1958 in Benguela province, Angola. He has served in the Angolan Navy since 1976, having undertaken training at the Cuban Naval Academy; Specialized in surface units and naval weapons; Master´s degree in tactical naval command in Russia and operating control weapons in Cuba.
He has attended courses on Peace Keeping Operations, Leadership, the Management and the Monitoring of Maritime Traffic as well as being a qualified navigational Engineer.

Vice Admiral de Jesus’ main appointments are as follows:

-  Navigator of military unit nº 320
-  Ship captain of missile corvette, named “Commandant Arguelles”
-  Chief operation department, Center Naval Region
-  Chief of Op. Division, Naval Command
-  Chief of Staff, Center Maritime Zone
-  Flight Commandant of ships, Naval Command
-  Deputy Director operations of Angolan Navy
-  Commandant of North Naval Region

Vice admiral is now in charge as Director Operations, Angolan navy.
He is marred and is the father of 8 Children.