She joins her brother Jose Filomeno de Sousa dos Santos, who is in charge of the country’s $5 billion sovereign wealth fund.
It is easy to obtain the best jobs in a country if your father Jose Eduardo dos Santos is head of state.
Nevertheless, 43-year-old Isabel at least has some commercial experience.
She has stakes in Angola’s banking, diamonds and media industries as well as the energy sector, and is said to be worth $3.3