Wilson dos Santos

For the Brazilian Olympic sprinter, see Wilson dos Santos (athlete).

Wilson dos Santos
Born	Fernando Wilson dos Santos
Died	November 1991 Angola
Cause of death	murder
Occupation	representative of UNITA

Fernando Wilson dos Santos (died November 1991) ^{[1] [2]} served as the representative of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), a Freedom fighter group in Angola, to Portugal. ^[3] His brother-in-law, Tito Chingunji, served as Foreign Secretary of UNITA, the principal rebel group that fought against the dos Santos government in Angola's civil war. ^[4] He studied law at the University of Lisbon and the University of Coimbra in the late 1960s, and later at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. ^[5]

Death and investigation

Wilson dos Santos was murdered in November 1991 by unknown persons. ^[6] In the 1990s, UNITA Foreign Minister Tony da Costa Fernandes and UNITA Interior Minister General Miguel N'Zau Puna allegedly uncovered the fact that Jonas Savimbi ordered the assassinations of both dos Santos and Chingunji. Dos Santos and Chingunji's deaths and the defections of Fernandes and Puna weakened the UNITA's relationship with the United States and harmed Savimbi's international reputation. Savimbi denied the allegations. ^[7]

See also

• List of unsolved murders (1980–1999)

References

1. Brittain, Victoria (1998). Death of Dignity: Angola's Civil War. Pluto Press. ISBN   978-0-7453-1247-7.
2. Minter, William (1994). Apartheid's Contras: An Inquiry Into the Roots of War in Angola and Mozambique. William Minter. ISBN   978-1-85649-266-9.
3. Summary of World Broadcasts. BBC Monitoring Service, 1959.
4. Kukkuk, Leon (2005). Letters to Gabriella. p. 102.
5. The UNITA Leadership. União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola. 1990. p. 77-78.
6. "Savimbi accepts responsibility for death of two UNITA officials". UPI. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
7. Meredith, Martin (2005). The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair: A History of 50 Years of Independence . PublicAffairs. p.  604. ISBN   9781586482466.