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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
Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho Angolan nationalist and writer 'Uanhenga Xitu', a nursing auxiliary turned minister Literature and arts · Independent activity 1924–2014
Lúcio Lara Lúcio Lara Ideologue of Angolan liberation, MPLA founding member Political and party leadership · Angola state institutions 1929–2016
Iko Carreira Iko Carreira Founder of Angola's People's Armed Forces and its first Defence Minister Military command · Angola state institutions 1933–2000
José Van-Dúnem José Jacinto da Silva Vieira Dias Van-Dúnem Angolan political-military leader and co-leader of the Nitista current with Nito Alves Military command · Angola state institutions 1939–1977
José Eduardo dos Santos José Eduardo dos Santos Angola after Neto Political and party leadership · Angola state institutions 1942–2022
Nito Alves Nito Alves The radical MPLA interior minister who sought Soviet backing only to die in a failed coup Military command · Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 1945–1977
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 state institutions 1934/1929–2010