Luanda, 04/11 - Angola`s National Defence Ministry Friday here accredited general of brigade, Rafael Moracén Limonta, as military attaché of the Cuban embassy to Angola.

The ceremony, held at the International Relations Department`s facilities and attended by the Angolan Armed Forces officers, was presided over by the institution`s director, admiral André Gaspar Mendes de Carvalho "Miau".

Born on 05 February 1939 in Palma Soriano city, Santiago of Cuba, general Rafael Moracén Limonta joined the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (the then guerrilla movement) in1958.

General Limonta attended, later on, the regular academician course at Higher Academy of the current Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (FARC), called "General Máximo Gomes", and is graduated in social sciences.

He was the head of company, battalion, regiment, brigade, and also head of International Relations Department and of the former combatants association of revolution in Cuba.

From 1995 to 1997 he held the post of Naval and Air Attaché of Cuba to Angola.