sentences:  When independence was achieved in 1975, he became Minister of Defense in the FRELIMO government.Upon the creation of the Council of State, a body tasked with advising the President, Chipande was one of four members appointed to the Council by President Armando Guebuza; he and the other members of the Council were sworn in on 23 December 2005.Chipande was re-elected to the FRELIMO Central Committee at the party's November 2006 congress.