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	\| allegiance = {{Flagicon\|Angola}} [[People's Republic of Angola]]		\| allegiance = {{Flagicon\|Angola}} [[People's Republic of Angola]]
	\| branch = [[People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola]]		\| branch = [[People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola]]
	\| serviceyears = ~~1964–1979~~		\| serviceyears = 1964–1980
	\| rank = [[General]]		\| rank = [[General]]
	\| website =		\| website =

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	\| rank = [[General]]		\| rank = [[General]]
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	\| battles = * [[Angolan War of Independence]]		\| battles = {{tree list}}
			* [[Angolan War of Independence]]
	* [[Angolan Civil War]]		* [[Angolan Civil War]]
			** [[Battle of Quifangondo]]
			{{tree list/end}}
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	[[General officer\|General]] '''Henrique Alberto Quádrios Teles Carreira''' (June 2, 1933 – May 30, 2000), best known by his nickname as '''Iko Carreira''', was an Angolan [[Officer (armed forces)\|military officer]] and diplomat who served as the first [[Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans (Angola)\|Defense Minister]] of [[Angola]] from 1975 to 1980 during [[Angolan Civil War\|the civil war]].<ref name="dates">{{cite book\|last=Hodges\|first=Tony\|year=2004\|title=Angola: Anatomy of an Oil State\|pages=51}}</ref> After the death of Angola's first president, [[Agostinho Neto]], his position in the [[MPLA]] weakened. He later served as ambassador to [[Algeria]] and [[military attaché]] to [[Spain]].<ref name="bio">{{cite book\|last=James\|first=W. Martin\|year=2004\|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola\|pages=28}}</ref>		[[General officer\|General]] '''Henrique Alberto Quádrios Teles Carreira''' (June 2, 1933 – May 30, 2000), best known by his nickname as '''Iko Carreira''', was an Angolan [[Officer (armed forces)\|military officer]] and diplomat who served as the first [[Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans (Angola)\|Defense Minister]] of [[Angola]] from 1975 to 1980 during [[Angolan Civil War\|the civil war]].<ref name="dates">{{cite book\|last=Hodges\|first=Tony\|year=2004\|title=Angola: Anatomy of an Oil State\|pages=51}}</ref> After the death of Angola's first president, [[Agostinho Neto]], his position in the [[MPLA]] weakened. He later served as ambassador to [[Algeria]] and [[military attaché]] to [[Spain]].<ref name="bio">{{cite book\|last=James\|first=W. Martin\|year=2004\|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola\|pages=28}}</ref>

	He was born to civil servants in Angola. He joined the Independence Movement in 1957 and went underground in 1964, moving to [[Zambia]] and [[Algeria]] to receive training from military training. He was an officer in the [[MPLA\|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA), Agostinho Neto's armed wing fighting against Portuguese colonial apartheid like rule. Founder and commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces, he defeated the FNLA in the north and UNITA in the south during the first civil war. Considered to be the regime's second in command until Neto's death, he was the first African military officer to receive a degree as a general from a [[Military education in the Soviet Union\|Soviet military academy]].<ref name="article">{{cite news\|last=Castanheira\|first=Jose Pedro\|year=1996\|title=A Ultima Batalha do General Iko Carreira Revista Expresso\|pages=37–61}}</ref>		He was born to civil servants in Angola. He joined the Independence Movement in 1957 and went underground in 1964, moving to [[Zambia]] and [[Algeria]] to receive training from military training. He was an officer in the [[MPLA\|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA), Agostinho Neto's armed wing fighting against Portuguese colonial apartheid like rule. Founder and commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces, he defeated the FNLA in the north and UNITA in the south during the first phase of the civil war. Considered to be the regime's second in command until Neto's death, he was the first African military officer to receive a degree as a general from a [[Military education in the Soviet Union\|Soviet military academy]].<ref name="article">{{cite news\|last=Castanheira\|first=Jose Pedro\|year=1996\|title=A Ultima Batalha do General Iko Carreira Revista Expresso\|pages=37–61}}</ref>

	Carreira's last struggle was to combat his illness, a stroke that paralysed his entire left side for the last 13 years of his life, writing two novels with one finger, on a special computer. The novels are titled: ''O Pensamento Estrategico de Agostinho Neto'' (Publicacoes Dom Quixote), and ''Memorias'' (published in Angola by Nzila).<ref name="article"/> In June 2000, ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s [[Victoria Brittain]] wrote in an obituary : "Like his friend and mentor, President Neto, Carreira will always remain a reference point for Angolans for the heroic period of their history."		Carreira's last struggle was to combat his illness, a stroke that paralysed his entire left side for the last 13 years of his life, writing two novels with one finger, on a special computer. The novels are titled: ''O Pensamento Estrategico de Agostinho Neto'' (Publicacoes Dom Quixote), and ''Memorias'' (published in Angola by Nzila).<ref name="article"/> In June 2000, ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s [[Victoria Brittain]] wrote in an obituary : "Like his friend and mentor, President Neto, Carreira will always remain a reference point for Angolans for the heroic period of their history."

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	\| predecessor2 = João Saraiva de Carvalho		\| predecessor2 = João Saraiva de Carvalho
	\| successor2 = José Augusto ''Kiluanje''		\| successor2 = José Augusto ''Kiluanje''
	\| allegiance = {{~~Flag~~\|Angola}}		\| allegiance = {{Flagicon\|Angola}} [[People's Republic of Angola]]
	\| branch = [[People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola]]		\| branch = [[People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola]]
	\| serviceyears = 1964–1979		\| serviceyears = 1964–1979

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	\| predecessor2 = João Saraiva de Carvalho		\| predecessor2 = João Saraiva de Carvalho
	\| successor2 = José Augusto ''Kiluanje''		\| successor2 = José Augusto ''Kiluanje''
	\| allegiance = {{Flag\|Angola}}		\| allegiance = {{Flag\|Angola}}
	\| branch = [[People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola]]		\| branch = [[People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola]]
	\| serviceyears = 1964–1979		\| serviceyears = 1964–1979
	\| rank =		\| rank = [[General]]
	\| website =		\| website =
			\| battles = * [[Angolan War of Independence]]
			* [[Angolan Civil War]]
	}}		}}

	General '''Henrique Alberto Quádrios Teles Carreira''' (June 2, 1933 – May 30, 2000), best known by ~~the~~ nickname '''Iko Carreira''', served as the first [[Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans (Angola)\|Defense Minister]] of [[Angola]] from 1975 to 1980 during [[Angolan Civil War\|the civil war]].<ref name="dates">{{cite book\|last=Hodges\|first=Tony\|year=2004\|title=Angola: Anatomy of an Oil State\|pages=51}}</ref> After the death of [[Agostinho Neto]] his position in the ~~party~~ weakened. He later served as ambassador to [[Algeria]] and [[military attaché]] to [[Spain]].<ref name="bio">{{cite book\|last=James\|first=W. Martin\|year=2004\|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola\|pages=28}}</ref>		[[General officer\|General]] '''Henrique Alberto Quádrios Teles Carreira''' (June 2, 1933 – May 30, 2000), best known by his nickname as '''Iko Carreira''', was an Angolan [[Officer (armed forces)\|military officer]] and diplomat who served as the first [[Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans (Angola)\|Defense Minister]] of [[Angola]] from 1975 to 1980 during [[Angolan Civil War\|the civil war]].<ref name="dates">{{cite book\|last=Hodges\|first=Tony\|year=2004\|title=Angola: Anatomy of an Oil State\|pages=51}}</ref> After the death of Angola's first president, [[Agostinho Neto]], his position in the [[MPLA]] weakened. He later served as ambassador to [[Algeria]] and [[military attaché]] to [[Spain]].<ref name="bio">{{cite book\|last=James\|first=W. Martin\|year=2004\|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola\|pages=28}}</ref>

	He was born to civil servants in Angola. He joined the Independence Movement in 1957 and went underground in 1964, moving to [[Zambia]] and [[Algeria]] to receive training from military training. He was an officer in the [[MPLA\|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA), Agostinho Neto's armed wing fighting against Portuguese colonial apartheid like rule. Founder and commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces, he defeated the FNLA in the north and UNITA in the south during the first civil war. Considered to be the regime's second in command until Neto's death, he was the first African military officer to receive a degree as a general from a [[Military education in the Soviet Union\|Soviet military academy]].<ref name="article">{{cite news\|last=Castanheira\|first=Jose Pedro\|year=1996\|title=A Ultima Batalha do General Iko Carreira Revista Expresso\|pages=37–61}}</ref>		He was born to civil servants in Angola. He joined the Independence Movement in 1957 and went underground in 1964, moving to [[Zambia]] and [[Algeria]] to receive training from military training. He was an officer in the [[MPLA\|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA), Agostinho Neto's armed wing fighting against Portuguese colonial apartheid like rule. Founder and commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces, he defeated the FNLA in the north and UNITA in the south during the first civil war. Considered to be the regime's second in command until Neto's death, he was the first African military officer to receive a degree as a general from a [[Military education in the Soviet Union\|Soviet military academy]].<ref name="article">{{cite news\|last=Castanheira\|first=Jose Pedro\|year=1996\|title=A Ultima Batalha do General Iko Carreira Revista Expresso\|pages=37–61}}</ref>

	~~General Iko~~ Carreira's last struggle was to combat his illness, a stroke that paralysed his entire left side for the last 13 years of his life, writing two novels with one finger, on a special computer. The novels are titled: ''O Pensamento Estrategico de Agostinho Neto'' (Publicacoes Dom Quixote), and ''Memorias'' (published in Angola by Nzila).<ref name="article"/> In June 2000, ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s [[Victoria Brittain]] wrote in an obituary : "Like his friend and mentor, President Neto, Carreira will always remain a reference point for Angolans for the heroic period of their history."		Carreira's last struggle was to combat his illness, a stroke that paralysed his entire left side for the last 13 years of his life, writing two novels with one finger, on a special computer. The novels are titled: ''O Pensamento Estrategico de Agostinho Neto'' (Publicacoes Dom Quixote), and ''Memorias'' (published in Angola by Nzila).<ref name="article"/> In June 2000, ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s [[Victoria Brittain]] wrote in an obituary : "Like his friend and mentor, President Neto, Carreira will always remain a reference point for Angolans for the heroic period of their history."

	==References==		==References==

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	General '''Henrique Teles Carreira''' (June 2, 1933 – May 30, 2000), best known by the nickname '''Iko Carreira''', served as the first [[Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans (Angola)\|Defense Minister]] of [[Angola]] from 1975 to 1980 during [[Angolan Civil War\|the civil war]].<ref name="dates">{{cite book\|last=Hodges\|first=Tony\|year=2004\|title=Angola: Anatomy of an Oil State\|pages=51}}</ref> After the death of [[Agostinho Neto]] his position in the party weakened. He later served as ambassador to [[Algeria]] and [[military attaché]] to [[Spain]].<ref name="bio">{{cite book\|last=James\|first=W. Martin\|year=2004\|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola\|pages=28}}</ref>		General '''Henrique Alberto Quádrios Teles Carreira''' (June 2, 1933 – May 30, 2000), best known by the nickname '''Iko Carreira''', served as the first [[Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans (Angola)\|Defense Minister]] of [[Angola]] from 1975 to 1980 during [[Angolan Civil War\|the civil war]].<ref name="dates">{{cite book\|last=Hodges\|first=Tony\|year=2004\|title=Angola: Anatomy of an Oil State\|pages=51}}</ref> After the death of [[Agostinho Neto]] his position in the party weakened. He later served as ambassador to [[Algeria]] and [[military attaché]] to [[Spain]].<ref name="bio">{{cite book\|last=James\|first=W. Martin\|year=2004\|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola\|pages=28}}</ref>

	He was born to civil servants in Angola. He joined the Independence Movement in 1957 and went underground in 1964, moving to [[Zambia]] and [[Algeria]] to receive training from military training. He was an officer in the [[MPLA\|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA), Agostinho Neto's armed wing fighting against Portuguese colonial apartheid like rule. Founder and commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces, he defeated the FNLA in the north and UNITA in the south during the first civil war. Considered to be the regime's second in command until Neto's death, he was the first African military officer to receive a degree as a general from a [[Military education in the Soviet Union\|Soviet military academy]].<ref name="article">{{cite news\|last=Castanheira\|first=Jose Pedro\|year=1996\|title=A Ultima Batalha do General Iko Carreira Revista Expresso\|pages=37–61}}</ref>		He was born to civil servants in Angola. He joined the Independence Movement in 1957 and went underground in 1964, moving to [[Zambia]] and [[Algeria]] to receive training from military training. He was an officer in the [[MPLA\|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA), Agostinho Neto's armed wing fighting against Portuguese colonial apartheid like rule. Founder and commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces, he defeated the FNLA in the north and UNITA in the south during the first civil war. Considered to be the regime's second in command until Neto's death, he was the first African military officer to receive a degree as a general from a [[Military education in the Soviet Union\|Soviet military academy]].<ref name="article">{{cite news\|last=Castanheira\|first=Jose Pedro\|year=1996\|title=A Ultima Batalha do General Iko Carreira Revista Expresso\|pages=37–61}}</ref>

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	\| birth_place = [[Quipungo]], [[Portuguese Angola]]		\| birth_place = [[Quipungo]], [[Portuguese Angola]]
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2000\|5\|30\|1933\|6\|2\|mf=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2000\|5\|30\|1933\|6\|2\|mf=y}}
		⚫	\| death_place = [[Madrid, Spain]]
	\| office1 = [[Minister of National Defence (Angola)\|Minister of Defence of Angola]]		\| office1 = [[Minister of National Defence (Angola)\|Minister of Defence of Angola]]
	\| term_start1 = 1975		\| term_start1 = 1975
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	\| predecessor2 = João Saraiva de Carvalho		\| predecessor2 = João Saraiva de Carvalho
	\| successor2 = José Augusto ''Kiluanje''		\| successor2 = José Augusto ''Kiluanje''
	\| module = {{Infobox military person\|embed=yes
	\| allegiance = {{Flag\|Angola}}		\| allegiance = {{Flag\|Angola}}
	\| branch = ~~Ground~~ Forces		\| branch = [[People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola]]
	\| serviceyears = 1964–1979		\| serviceyears = 1964–1979
	\| rank =		\| rank =
	\| website =		\| website =
	}}
⚫	\| death_place = [[Madrid, Spain]]
	}}		}}

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