Samora Moisés Machel
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Samora Moisés Machel was the first president of Mozambique, leading the country from independence in 1975 until his death in 1986. He is a significant figure in African history as a liberation leader who fought against Portuguese colonial rule and then shaped Mozambique's early years as an independent nation.
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Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican politician and revolutionary who served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975 until his death in a plane crash in 1986. He was a socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism.
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1933 births1986 deaths20th-century Mozambican politiciansFRELIMO politiciansMozambican atheistsMozambican communistsMozambican independence activistsMozambican pan-AfricanistsMozambican revolutionariesMozambican socialistsPeople from Gaza ProvincePresidents of MozambiqueRecipients of the Lenin Peace Prize