Luzia Inglês Van-Dúnem
Luzia Pereira de Sousa Inglês Van-Dúnem (born 11 January 1948) is an Angolan politician, feminist and expert in military telecommunications. She is a member of the Angolan National Assembly, as a member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Biography Van-Dúnem was born in Luanda, Angola, on 11 January 1948 and is the daughter of the Methodist minister, Guilherme Inglês. In 1961 Inglês was assassinated by colonial forces in the aftermath of the March 15 uprising. Her mother died shortly afterwards and she and her sisters joined the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA; People’s Liberation Movement of Angola). From 1964 to 1967 she was in Kinshasa and Brazzaville with the MPLA; in Brazzaville, she undertook military training. In 1968 she travelled to the Soviet Union for telecommunications training. In 1973, she became head of the Communications Station in Cassamba. During Angola's War of Independence, Van-Dúnem was a radio broadcaster in the 2nd and 3rd military political regions. From 1976 to 1991 she was in charge of the Commander-in-Chief of the Angola Armed Forces' communications centre. Van-Dúnem married Afonso Van-Dúnem M'binda, a former Angolan ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and they had four children. Whilst