Arlindo Pena Ben-Ben | |
Birth Name: | Arlindo Chenda Isaac Pena |
Birth Date: | 17 November 1955 |
Birth Place: | Caricoque, Portuguese Angola |
Death Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Death Cause: | Malaria |
Allegiance: | UNITA |
Rank: | General |
Battles: | Angolan War of Independence, Angolan Civil War |
Relations: | Jonas Savimbi (uncle)[1] |
General Arlindo Pena Ben-Ben (17 November 1955 – 19 October 1998)[1] served as the military commander of UNITA, one of the three liberation movements that fought against Portuguese colonial rule in Angola. After independence, UNITA and the FNLA fought against the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War.[2]