Ruy Alberto Vieira Dias Rodrigues Mingas (12 May 1939 – 4 January 2024) was an Angolan singer, songwriter, diplomat, businessman and politician.

[2] This contained lyrics from poems by Viriato da Cruz and Agostinho Neto, and featured the participation of his brother André Mingas, French percussionist Daniel Louis or Brazilian pianist Marcos Resende, with production by Thilo Krasmann.

[2] Even though he already had a robust musical career, in the 1970s, also Mingas worked as a physical education teacher at the D. António da Costa Preparatory School, in Almada, Portugal.

[12] In the Carnation Revolution, in April 1974, he was the main name of the diplomatic corps of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in Portugal,[2] being responsible for initiating negotiations for Angolan independence with the officers of the Processo Revolucionário em Curso (PREC).

[19] Another extraordinary achievement of his period as secretary-minister (also holding the presidency of Zone 4 of the African Sports Council) was the holding of the II Central African Games in Angola, opening on 20 August 1981, at Estádio da Cidadela, where more than 1,500 people, including athletes and referees from 12 countries, participated in the cities of Luanda, Huambo and Lubango in football, handball, basketball, athletics, boxing, cycling, volleyball and judo.

[12] After leaving the ministerial portfolio of Physical Education and Sports, Mingas became Angola's ambassador to Portugal, serving from 1989 to 1995,[2] playing a very important role as the main Angolan diplomat in the Bicesse Accords.

[2] In 2002, Mingas formed a business association with Paulo Múrias and the "Fundação Minerva - Cultura, Ensino e Investigação Científica" to establish a franchise-branch of Universidade Lusíada in Angola.