Marina Pachinuapa

Pachinuapa was involved in the Mozambican War of Independence, founding the Female Detachment of FRELIMO.^[1] She later held the rank of colonel in the military reserve,^[2] and was among the founders of the Organization of Mozambican Women.^[3] Following independence, she was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,^[4] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.^[5] She was re-elected in 1986 from Sofala Province representing Moçambique Industrial.^[6] In 2010 she was appointed to the National Defence and Security Council.