Abel Chivukuvuku

Abel Apalanga Chivukuvuku (born November 11, 1957, in Luvemba, Huambo Province) served as the Chief of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) Parliament in Angola from October 1998 to September 2000.[1] He is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Angola, beginning in 2004.[2][3]

Margarida Chivukuvuku, wife of Pedro Chivukuvuku, gave birth to Abel in Luvemba, Angola in 1957. His parents enrolled him in Dondi Mission, Bela Vista elementary school and Huambo National Secondary School. He joined UNITA in 1974 and its armed wing, the Armed Forces of the Liberation of Angola, in 1976. Chivukuvuku became UNITA's representative to the rest of Africa in 1979. He later served as Angola's representative to Portugal and the United Kingdom. He returned to Angola and ran in the 1992 parliamentary elections. He sustained wounds in the ensuing Halloween Massacre. MPLA police arrested him, holding him until 1997. He did not take sides in UNITA's factional disputes in the 1990s and his fellow parliamentarians elected him Chief of UNITA's Parliament in October 1998. He served until September 2000.[1]

In 2012, Chivukuvuku left UNITA and founded the Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola electoral alliance (CASA-CE) which became one of the main contenders at the Angolan legislative election, 2012, winning 6% of the votes.

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  1. 1 2 Martin, James W. (2004). Historical Dictionary of Angola. p. 33.
  2. ↑ Pan-African Parliament members as of 15 March 2004
  3. ↑ Pan-African Parliament members, as of 2006


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