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Pedro de Castro van Dúnem, also known as Comandante Loy (1942 – 23 September 1997), was an Angolan politician. He served in various leading functions within the MPLA during the Angolan liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rule and within the country's government after achieving independence. ==Political life== At the end of 1962, he fled Portuguese rule and arrived in January 1963 in Leopoldville, Congo, where he took refuge and, in June 1963, he was elected into the leadership of the Youth of MPLA (JMPLA). From September 1963 to 1970 he studied electrical engineering in Moscow and underwent military training in the Soviet Union. In 1970 he took over logistical tasks for the military struggle against the Portuguese colonial rule in Angola for the MPLA's Eastern Front, based at the rear base in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In 1975, he was one of the members of the revolutionary council, and then served as Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Defense. In 1976, he was named Third Deputy Prime Minister of the Angolan government. In 1978 he was assigned the post of Minister for Coordination of the Provinces.〔 In 1980, he became Minister of Energy, and in the next year he also took over as head of the Ministry of Petroleum. When in 1986 the ministries of energy and petroleum were merged, he continued as minister of the combined ministry.〔 〕 He served as the Minister of External Relations of Angola from 1989 to 1992.〔 〕 In 1993 he was named administrator of the Central Bank of Angola. He then served as Minister of Public Works and Urban Affairs from 1996 to 1997,〔 〕 resigning shortly before his death.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pedro de Castro van Dúnem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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