Van-Dúnem was Prime Minister from June 1991 until December 1992 and was the first Prime Minister appointed since the post was abolished in 1978.[2] After four years out of office, Dias was reappointed Prime Minister on June 3, 1996 and remained in office until a cabinet reshuffle in January 1999, when the post of Prime Minister was again eliminated.
For two years starting in 1970 he was Deputy Legal Advisor to the Organisation of African Unity. From 1972 to 1978 he was Chief Personnel Officer of the same organization. For one year starting in 1978 Ambassador Van-Dúnem was OAU Deputy Representative for Political and Legal Affairs near the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.[1]
From 1985 to 1986, Van-Dúnem was Deputy Minister of External Relations, and from 1986 to 1990 he was Minister of Justice. He was Minister of Planning from 1990 to 1991, then Prime Minister from 1991 to 1992. After serving as President of the National Assembly of Angola from 1992 to 1996,[3] he was Prime Minister for a second time from 1996 to 1999.[1]
Van-Dúnem was the 71st candidate on the MPLA's national list in the September 2008 parliamentary election.[4][5] Van-Dúnem won a seat in this election, in which MPLA won an overwhelming majority.[5]
Death
Van-Dúnem died in Lisbon, Portugal on 12 June 2024, at the age of 89.[6]