He became UNITA's Vice President in 1992 when the Angolan Civil War resumed, succeeding Jeremias Chitunda, who was assassinated by the Angolan government in Luanda that year.
In 1992, during the resumption of the Angolan Civil War, he took over as UNITA's Vice President after Jeremias Chitunda was assassinated by the Angolan government in Luanda that same year.