General João Rodrigues Lopes, known by his nom de guerre Ludy Kissassunda (27 September 1932[1] – 6 January 2021) was an Angolan general and politician.
Born in 1932 in N'zeto, Zaire Province, he held important ranks during the Angolan War of Independence and the Angolan Civil War, holding a particularly important role with the reorganization of troops of, as well as the overall logistics of, the People's Liberation Army of Angola, which would later become the People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (FAPLA).
[2] During his political career, he was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), being one of Agostinho Neto's closest associates.
[4] Kissassunda died on 6 January 2021 in Setúbal, Portugal.
[3] He was buried at Alto das Cruzes cemetery in Luanda.