Joaquim Pinto de Andrade (July 22, 1926 – February 23, 2008) served as the first honorary President of the

People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wing, social de ...

(MPLA), Chancellor of the

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Archdiocese, and as a member of the African Society of Culture. He died on February 23, 2008, at his home in Luanda following a long illness, the same day as fellow MPLA politician

Gentil Ferreira Viana Gentil Ferreira Viana (2 June 1935 – 23 February 2008) founded, among others separatist leaders, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). In 1974, he and Joaquim Pinto de Andrade Joaquim Pinto de Andrade (July 22, 1926 – Februar ...

. Pinto de Andrade was arrested by the Portuguese security forces after the start of the

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in July 1961 and was kept in prison or under house arrest until being brought to trial in

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in February 1971 charged with crimes against the security of the State. His trial with nine other people provoked protests including a strike at

Coimbra University The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coimbra in 1537. The u ...

. In the 1990s, Pinto de Andrade abandoned his condition of a Catholic priest and married to Vitória Almeida e Sousa, a pediatrician. They had two children.

Awards

Pax Christi International Peace Award The Pax Christi International Peace Award is given out every year since 1988 by the Christian peace organisation Pax Christi to other peace organisations and peace activists. The focus lies on grassroots activists and organisations that are active ...

, 1992

References

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