Abel Epalanga Chivukuvuku (born November 11, 1957) is an

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n politician and leader of the Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola electoral alliance (CASA-CE). Previously, as a long-time member of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (

UNITA The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( pt, União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the Popular Movement for ...

), he served as the Chief of UNITA's Parliament from October 1998 to September 2000. Margarida Chivukuvuku, wife of Pedro Chivukuvuku, gave birth to Abel in Luvemba,

Huambo Province Huambo is a province of Angola. With an area of 34,270 km2, it is one of the geographically smaller provinces, situated in the Central Region approximately 450 km south east of the capital, Luanda. The province had a population of 2,01 ...

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

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, in 1976. Chivukuvuku became UNITA's representative to the rest of Africa in 1979. He later served as Angola's representative to

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and the

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. 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. Later, beginning in 2004, he served as a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Angola.Pan-African Parliament members, as of 2006
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 in the 2012 legislative election, winning 6% of the votes.

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1957 births Living people People from Huambo Province Angolan politicians Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Angola UNITA politicians {{Angola-politician-stub

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