{{Short description|Angolan politician (1957–2021)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Raul Danda | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 13 November 1957 | birth_place = Cabinda, Portuguese Congo | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|05|08|1957|11|13}} | death_place = Luanda, Angola | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | party = UNITA | office = Member of the National Assembly of Angola | term_start = 2012 | term_end = 2016 }} '''Raul Danda''' (13 November 1957 – 8 May 2021) was an Angolan politician.<ref>.{{cite news |last=|first=|date=8 May 2021|title=Morreu Raúl Danda, deputado e "primeiro-ministro sombra" da UNITA|trans-title= |url=https://www.voaportugues.com/a/morreu-ra%C3%BAl-danda-primeiro-ministro-sombra-da-unita/5883120.html|language=Portuguese|work=VOA Português|location=Angola|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref> From 2016 to 2021, he was Vice-President of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
==Biography== Danda earned a degree in business administration from the Universidade Lusíada de Angola. For seven years, he worked at the U.S. Embassy in Angola.<ref>{{cite news |last=|first= |date=19 May 2015|title=Angola Fala Só: Bilhete de Identidade de Raúl Danda|trans-title= |url=https://www.voaportugues.com/a/angola-fala-so-bilhete-identidade-raul-danda/2777317.html|language=Portuguese|work=Angola Fala Só|location=|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref> From 1991 to 1992, he was General Information Director of UNITA before working as an announcer at Rádio Nacional de Angola. From 1993 to 2006, he worked in the press office at the Ministry, but was detained for 29 days in 2006 for crimes against state security.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 October 2006|title=Detenção de Danda é política|trans-title= |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/mundo/detalhe/detencao-de-danda-e-politica|language=Portuguese|work=Correio da Manhã|location=|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref> However, he was never charged.
From 2012 to 2016, Danda served in the National Assembly of Angola. During this time, he led UNITA in Parliament. After his mandate ended, he served as Vice-President of UNITA.
Raul Danda died in Luanda on 8 May 2021 at the age of 63.<ref>{{cite news |last=Darame|first=Braima|date=8 May 2021|title=Morreu o político angolano Raúl Danda|trans-title= |url=https://www.dw.com/pt-002/morreu-o-pol%C3%ADtico-angolano-ra%C3%BAl-danda/a-57470389|language=Portuguese|work=Deutsche Welle|location=Luanda|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref>
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