Zacarias Kamwenho

Zacarias Kamwenho (born 5 September 1934 in Chimbundo, Huambo, Angola) is an Angolan emeritus Archbishop and peace activist.

He had an important role in the peace process that led to the end of the Angolan Civil War in 2002.

He was made coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda on 23 November 1974.

[2] In 2001 he acted as mediator in the Angolan Civil War between MPLA and UNITA.

For his role in the peace process he was named co-winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament in 2001.