Joaquim Pinto de Andrade

Joaquim Pinto de Andrade (1926 – February 23, 2008) served as the first honorary President of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA),[1] Chancellor of the Luanda Archdiocese, and as a member of the African Society of Culture.[2] He died on February 23, 2008 following a long illness, the same day as fellow MPLA politician Gentil Ferreira Viana.[3]

References

  1. Lloyd-Jones, Stewart; António Costa Pinto (2003). The Last Empire: Thirty Years of Portuguese Decolonization. p. 27.
  2. Sellström, Tor (1999). Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa. p. 378.
  3. (Portuguese)


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