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Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
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GlossaryPopular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
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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
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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
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Lúcio Lara Lúcio Lara
Ideologue of Angolan liberation, MPLA founding member
Political and party leadership · Angola
1929–2016
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Iko Carreira Iko Carreira
Founder of Angola's People's Armed Forces and its first Defence Minister
Military command · Angola
1933–2000
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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
1939–1977
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José Eduardo dos Santos José Eduardo dos Santos
Angola after Neto
Political and party leadership · Angola
1942–2022
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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
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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
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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