General António Santos França "Ndalu" is a former footballer and Angolan politician, born in the town of

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in Cunene on April 9, 1938. He played as a midfielder. Following his short sporting career, he completed his studies in Portugal y Cuba and returned to Angola, where he became a fervent

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activist, and became General "Ndalu". In 1988, dos Santos França was chief of staff for the

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(FAPLA). Dos Santos França later became Minister of Defence, first Angolan

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1995, and a member of the

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Angola Board from October 2005 to March 2010.Polack, The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War: South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War, Casemate Publishers, 2013, 201.

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