Africa-Press – Angola. Defense and security agencies paid tribute this Monday to retired Lieutenant General Armindo Bravo da Rosa “Kamaka,” who died last Wednesday (23) in Luanda after suffering from an illness.
At the wake held at the Army Headquarters (formerly R 20), the Secretary of State for National Defense, José Maria de Lima, after the National Anthem was sung, laid a wreath and bowed before the urn where General “Kamaka”‘s remains rest.
Messages of condolence were then read from the family, the Ministry of National Defense, defense and security agencies, the General Staff of the FAA, and the Federation of Veterans and Veterans of the Nation, all of whom commended the late soldier’s achievements in defending the homeland and national sovereignty.
The January 21 Association, of which he was vice-president, highlighted the fact that the general built his career on dedication to the national cause.
A native of the province of Cuanza Norte, the general officer distinguished himself as a nationalist, historical researcher, and influential figure in the country’s military and civic life, being one of the senior officers of the former FAPLA.
He is also recognized as one of the founders of the Angolan National Air Force, having played a decisive role in this branch of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA).
Awarded the medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of National Independence, Armindo Bravo da Rosa “Kamaka” was the ideologist, in the 1980s, of the motto “FAPA-DAA: Wings of the revolution, cannons of freedom, in the construction of the socialist homeland” and the slogan “The homeland does not beg, it commands its children.”
The deceased, who also led the National Defense Institute (IDN), will be buried in the Alto das Cruzes cemetery in Luanda.
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