Kundy Paihama is (April 2012) head of the Ministério dos Antigos Combatentes e Veteranos da Pátria, the minister of the war veterans. From 1999 to 2010 he served as the Defense Minister of Angola. Paihama was the 18th candidate on the national list of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the September 2008 parliamentary election. He won a seat in this election, in which the MPLA won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly. Kundy Paihama owns 33.15% of the shares of the Banco Angolano de Negócios e Comércio.