Luanda - The former ombudsman and Member of Parliament Carlos Alberto Ferreira Pinto died this Friday in Luanda, victim of an illness.
According to the Minister of State for Social Affairs, Carolina Cerqueira, the death of Carlos Alberto Ferreira Pinto was announced by the President of MPLA, João Lourenço, during a meeting of the party's Political Bureau.
She said it was a moment of dismay and regret "the loss of a citizen of the size of the deceased.
The vice-speaker of the National Assembly, Carlota Dias, said the country had lost a very competent and organised figure.
The funeral programme will be announced in due course.