{"id":42115,"date":"2023-08-15T18:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/?p=42115"},"modified":"2023-08-15T18:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:25:31","slug":"bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo","title":{"rendered":"BP of the MPLA expresses dismay at the death of Samba Pedro Bungal\u00f3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Political Bureau (BP) of the MPLA expressed, this Monday, dismay at the death of nationalist Samba Pedro Bungalo\u0301, which occurred Saturday (12), in Luanda, due to illness.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a note of condolences this Monday (12), the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the MPLA refers that \u201cwith his death, Angola loses yet another reference of its collective historical memory, a patriot who dedicated his best years of their lives in favor of the aspirations of the Nation and, with a firm purpose in the liberation and independence of the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, \u201che bows before the memory of Samba Pedro Bungalo\u0301 and sends heartfelt condolences to the family\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Born in No\u0301qui, Nsanza village, Uige province, Samba Pedro Bungalo\u0301 joined the MPLA in 1970, in Kinshasa (DRC) and participated in the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime, as a guerrilla movement, in the 2nd Political Region -Military.<\/p>\n<p>A retired brigadier, Samba Pedro Bungalo\u0301 received his first military instructions at the Kalunga base, where he specialized in land artillery, in 1976, later joining the military contingent that attended the first course for officers at the Comandante Nicolau Gomes Speencer school.<\/p>\n<p>His military training path culminated in 1978, in the former USSR, where he attended a higher course in land artillery.<\/p>\n<p>Samba Pedro Bungalo\u0301 performed several functions, with emphasis on that of assistant coordinator of the MPLA commission next to the National Political Directorate of FAPLA and head of the Sub-Commission for Security and Peacekeeping between the Republics of Angola and the former Zaire, current DRC.<\/p>\n<p>In his political career, he was an effective member of the MPLA provincial committee in Ui\u0301ge and, later, a member of the Provincial People&#8217;s Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>His trajectory was also marked by several decorations, including the &#8220;Clandestine&#8221; Medals, &#8220;MPLA Guerrillas&#8221;, &#8220;November 11th First Class&#8221; and &#8220;September 17th&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Zealously fulfilling the missions assigned to him, he was a respected man of arms, with a recognized sense of command and leadership, characteristics that underpinned his brilliant career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. The Political Bureau (BP) of the MPLA expressed, this Monday, dismay at the death of nationalist Samba Pedro Bungalo\u0301, which occurred Saturday (12), in Luanda, due to illness. In a note of condolences this Monday (12), the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the MPLA refers that \u201cwith his death, Angola [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[233,337,329],"class_list":["post-42115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-angola","tag-angola"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BP of the MPLA expresses dismay at the death of Samba Pedro Bungal\u00f3 - Angola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Political Bureau (BP) of the MPLA expressed, this Monday, dismay at the death of nationalist Samba Pedro Bungalo\u0301 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BP of the MPLA expresses dismay at the death of Samba Pedro Bungal\u00f3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Political Bureau (BP) of the MPLA expressed, this Monday, dismay at the death of nationalist Samba Pedro Bungalo\u0301 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Angola\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-15T18:39:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2023\/08\/sm_1692114295.465684.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1916\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1066\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BP of the MPLA expresses dismay at the death of Samba Pedro Bungal\u00f3\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-15T18:39:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo\"},\"wordCount\":352,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2023\/08\/sm_1692114295.465684.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Angola\",\"Angola\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/bp-of-the-mpla-expresses-dismay-at-the-death-of-samba-pedro-bungalo\",\"name\":\"BP of the MPLA expresses dismay at the death of Samba Pedro Bungal\u00f3 - 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