The former Member of Parliament of the ruling MPLA party Monteiro Pinto Capunga died early Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal, due to illness, ANGOP learnt from a family source.

Monteiro Pinto Capunga was born in 1961 in the municipality of Marimba, north-east province of Malanje, and was the owner of the MIAMOP business group.

He was a deputy to the National Assembly and a member of the Central Committee of the MPLA. Until his death he was a member of the Provincial Committee of the Party in Malanje

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)