Álvaro Holden Roberto (Angolan Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈal.va.ɾuˈoldenɾoˈbeʁtu]; January 12, 1923 – August 2, 2007) was an Angolan politician who founded and led the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) from 1962 to 1999. His memoirs are unfinished.[1]
^James, W. Martin (2004). Historical Dictionary of Angola. pp. 141–142.
Álvaro HoldenRoberto (Angolan Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈal.va.ɾu ˈolden ɾoˈbeʁtu]; January 12, 1923 – August 2, 2007) was an Angolan politician who...
independence from Portugal in the war of independence, under the leadership of HoldenRoberto. Founded in 1954 as the União dos Povos do Norte de Angola guerrilla...
there, probably in August 1960, he met HoldenRoberto, who was already a rising star in émigré circles. Roberto was a founding member of the UPA (União...
on 7 July 1954, as the Union of the Peoples of Northern Angola, by HoldenRoberto, a descendant of the old Kongo Royal House, who was born in northern...
general staffs (Army, Air Force, and Navy). The FNLA, which was headed by HoldenRoberto, attacked Portuguese settlers and Africans living in northern Angola...
the United Nations, rebel leader HoldenRoberto returned to Kinshasa and organised Bakongo militants. HoldenRoberto launched an incursion into Angola...
government, the Democratic People's Republic of Angola, based in Huambo with HoldenRoberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents, and José Ndelé and Johnny Pinnock...
then known as the Union of Angolan Peoples (UPA) and its leader HoldenRoberto. Roberto turned down the offer. When the MPLA first attempted to insert...
army of ELNA militants led personally by HoldenRoberto began advancing southwards towards Luanda. Roberto's forces included a composite battery of three...
Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), a political party in Angola. He succeeded HoldenRoberto, who led the party from its formation until his death in August 2007...
titles won with 35. Notable former players include political figures HoldenRoberto and Cyrille Adoula. Present logo Linafoot: 12 1963, 1964, 1974, 1978...
and trust. One of his friends was HoldenRoberto, leader of the FNLA. After independence, Belford became Roberto's official emissary in the United Kingdom...
anti-communist National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), led by Mobutu's HoldenRoberto. Because of Mobutu's poor human rights record, the Carter administration...
(Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola, FNLA) and its president was HoldenRoberto. The GRAE was founded in April 1962 and had its armed forces stationed...
two months later, the União das Populações de Angola (UPA), led by HoldenRoberto, staged a popular revolt in the Bakongo region of northern Angola. Angolan...
the conservative National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), led by HoldenRoberto and supported by Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaïre; and UNITA, led by Jonas...
sponsored by the Soviet Union during the period. In addition to inviting HoldenRoberto, the leader of the National Liberation Front of Angola, and his guerrillas...
Democratic Republic) on 24 November 1975, for the zones they controlled with HoldenRoberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents of the Angolan People's Democratic...
"Democratic People's Republic of Angola", ruled jointly by FNLA leader HoldenRoberto and UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi as "co-presidents", was dissolved after...
Democratic Republic of Congo Fulbert Youlou, 1st president of Congo Republic HoldenRoberto, independentist leader in Angola Justine Kasa-Vubu, 1st president's...
support given by the executive committee of the United Secretariat to HoldenRoberto against the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in...
tied and from where it received the bulk of its support. FNLA leader HoldenRoberto was linked to Mobutu by marriage and obligated to him for many past...
attributed to his longstanding personal friendship with FNLA President HoldenRoberto; the two had previously been teammates for the Congolese football side...
Global Information