Roberto António Victor Francisco de Almeida (born 5 February 1941) is an Angolan activist and politician for the MPLA liberation movement and party, lawyer, journalist, writer and poet. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister (1976-1978), Minister of Foreign Trade (1978-1979), Minister of Planning (1979-1981), and the President of the National Assembly of Angola (1996-2008).

Besides being a politician, Almeida is also an established Portuguese-language writer, under the pseudonym Jofre Rocha.

Publications Rocha's publications include: Search for "Jofre Rocha". Search for "Rocha, Jofre".

Poetry 32 pages. Poetry.

78 pages. Poetry.

53 pages.

82 pages. Poetry.

Anthology 217 pages. Poetry.

Prose Short stories 88 pages. Short stories.

Politics 116 pages. Prose.

460 pages. Prose.

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