| Afonso Van-Dúnem "Mbinda" | |
| Office1: | Provincial Commissioner of Luanda |
| Term Start1: | 1977 |
| Term End1: | 1978 |
| Predecessor1: | Pedro F. Luís Manuel |
| Successor1: | A. Mendes de Carvalho |
| Office2: | Foreign Minister of Angola |
| Term Start2: | 1985 |
| Term End2: | 1989 |
| Predecessor2: | José Eduardo dos Santos |
| Successor2: | P. Castro Van-Dúnem Loy |
| Office3: | Ambassador of Angola to the UN |
| Term Start3: | 1991 |
| Term End3: | 1999 |
| Predecessor3: | Manuel Pedro Pacavira |
| Successor3: | José Patrício |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Luanda, Angola |
| Death Place: | Luanda, Angola |
| Nationality: | Angolan |
| Spouse: | Luzia Inglês Van-Dúnem |
Afonso Van-Dúnem aka M'Binda (7 September 1941 - 14 November 2014) was an Angolan politician. Van-Dúnem worked as the MPLA-Workers' Party representative in Zambia and Tanzania from 1970 to 1972, as well as being elected to the Central Committee of the MPLA from 1976 onwards. He was also Minister of External Relations from 1985 to 1989http://rulers.org/fm1.html and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1991 to 2000.[1]
While Van-Dúnem was Minister of External Relations, he helped to negotiate the agreement that led to the Cuban withdrawal from Angola and the South African withdrawal from Namibia, paving the way for Namibia's independence.[2]
Van-Dúnem married Luzia Inglês Van-Dúnem, an MPLA politician and women's rights activist; they had four children.[3]