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Kafundanga Chingunji

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"Kafundanga" Chingunji (died January 1974) [1] served as the first chief of staff in the government of UNITA, pro-Western rebels, during the Angolan Civil War (1975–2002). As the patriarch of the Chingunji family he founded a political dynasty based in Angola's Central Highlands.[2]

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Death

Officially, Chingunji died from cerebral malaria on Angola's border with Zambia.[3] His wife and others who saw his body say someone poisoned Chingunji. Rumors later alleged Jonas Savimbi, the head of UNITA, ordered his assassination.[2]

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