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Afonso Van-Dúnem

Afonso Van-Dúnem

Angolan politician

Afonso Van-Dúnem aka M'Binda (7 September 1941 – 14 November 2014) was an Angolan politician. Van-Dúnem worked as the MPLA-Workers' Party representative in Zambia and Tanzania from 1970 to 1972, as well as being elected to the Central Committee of the MPLA from 1976 onwards. He was also Minister of External Relations from 1985 to 1989 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1991 to 2000.[1]

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Career

While Van-Dúnem was Minister of External Relations, he helped to negotiate the agreement that led to the Cuban withdrawal from Angola and the South African withdrawal from Namibia, paving the way for Namibia's independence.[2]

Personal life

Van-Dúnem married Luzia Inglês Van-Dúnem, an MPLA politician and women's rights activist; they had four children.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Decreto Presidencial n.º 111/91" (in Portuguese). imprensanacional.gov.ao. Retrieved 4 Mar 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    FSDEA offers its condolences to family of Afonso Van-Dunem (death announced on 17 November 2014), fundosoberano.ao; accessed 24 November 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Luzia Inglês "Inga", SG da OMA". CLUB-K ANGOLA - Notícias Imparciais de Angola (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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