Complex sentence: The following year he was elected a member of the MPLA-Workers party congress, given the rank of colonel in the Angolan military and later becoming a member of the People's Assembly, beginning a succession of appointments to government ministerial posts.
Split into simpler sentences: The following year he was elected as a member of the MPLA-Workers'party congress and given the rank of colonel in the Angolan military. He later became a member of the People's Assembly, beginning a succession of appointments to government ministerial posts.