People of the Revolution and the USSR
Political and party leadership
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
Citizenship: Angola
Clear all
GlossaryPopular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
-
Agostinho Neto Agostinho Neto
Physician-poet who led Angola's liberation struggle and became its first president
Political and party leadership · Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
1922–1979
-
Lúcio Lara Lúcio Lara
Ideologue of Angolan liberation, MPLA founding member
Political and party leadership · Angola
1929–2016
-
José Eduardo dos Santos José Eduardo dos Santos
Angola after Neto
Political and party leadership · Angola
1942–2022
-
Sita Maria Dias Valles Sita Maria Dias Valles
Angolan doctor and revolutionary killed in the 1977 Nitista purge
Political and party leadership · Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)
1951–1977
-
Paulo Jorge Paulo Teixeira Jorge
MPLA diplomat and Angola's second foreign minister, a leading figure of the party's left wing
Diplomacy and international organization · Angola
1934/1929–2010