Marina Pachinuapa is a Mozambican independence fighter and politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Biography Pachinuapa was involved in the Mozambican War of Independence, founding the Female Detachment of FRELIMO.MARINA PACHINUAPA ÀS MULHERES: Violência não tem a ver com emancipação Noticias Online, 6 April 2017 She later held the rank of colonel in the military reserve,Jonna Katto (2014) "Landscapes of Belonging: Female ExCombatants Remembering the Liberation Struggle in Urban Maputo" Journal of Southern African Studies, volume 40, number 3, pp539–557 and was among the founders of the Organization of Mozambican Women.AIM Reports, issues 332–415, p1 Following independence, she was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p43 in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267 She was re-elected in 1986 from Sofala Province representing Moçambique Industrial.4.° Suplemento Boletim da República, 22 September 1987 In 2010 she was appointed to the National Defence and Security Council.
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