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His Excellency
Samora Machel
Machel in 1985
1st President of Mozambique
In office 25 June 1975 – 19 October 1986
Prime Minister
Mário da Graça Machungo (Jul–Oct 1986)
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Joaquim Chissano
President of the Mozambique Liberation Front
In office 14 May 1970 – 19 October 1986
Vice President
Marcelino dos Santos (1970–1977)
Preceded by
Eduardo Mondlane
Succeeded by
Joaquim Chissano
Personal details
Born
Samora Moisés Machel
(1933-09-29)29 September 1933 Gaza Province, Portuguese Mozambique
Died
19 October 1986(1986-10-19) (aged 53) Mbuzini, Transvaal, South Africa
Political party
FRELIMO
Spouses
Josina Mutemba
(m. 1969; died 1971)
Graça Simbine
(m. 1975)
Children
8 including Josina
Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander and political leader. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975.
Machel died in office in 1986 when his presidential aircraft crashed near the Mozambican-South African border.
Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander and political leader. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism...
The SamoraMachel Monument in Mbuzini, near Komatipoort in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, marks the spot where the plane carrying the then-President...
SamoraMachel Constituency (formerly known as Wanaheda Constituency) is a constituency in Windhoek in the Khomas Region of central Namibia. The constituency...
The SamoraMachel Statue (Portuguese: A Estátua de SamoraMachel) is a bronze sculpture located in the center of Praça da Independência in Maputo, Mozambique...
SamoraMachel Bridge is a bridge in Mozambique across the Zambezi River. It is named after SamoraMachel, the former President of Mozambique. It links...
fighters received their military training for Mozambique guerrilla war. SamoraMachel, the future first president of Mozambique and Josina's future husband...
territories in Africa became sovereign states, with Agostinho Neto in Angola, SamoraMachel in Mozambique, Luís Cabral in Guinea-Bissau, Manuel Pinto da Costa in...
times of internal turmoil. Mondlane, along with Marcelino dos Santos, SamoraMachel, Joaquim Chissano and a majority of the Party's Central Committee promoted...
ties. Eduardo Mondlane's successor, future President of Mozambique, SamoraMachel, acknowledged assistance from both Moscow and Peking, describing them...
It was the site where Portugal officially handed over the country to SamoraMachel and FRELIMO on 25 June 1975. In 2005, the Birmingham based reggae group...
Machel may refer to: Graça Machel (born 1945), Mozambican politician and humanitarian, the second wife and widow of SamoraMachel, third wife and widow...
colonial rule. Following his assassination in 1969, his successor, SamoraMachel, continued to use the slogan to cultivate popular support during post-independence...
Mozambique and Eswatini, it is the village where Mozambican president, SamoraMachel, and 34 other passengers died in an aeroplane crash in 1986. A memorial...
union player Samora Goodson (born 1984), American football player Samora Khulu (died 2008), South African football player SamoraMachel (1933–1986), Mozambican...
SamoraMachel, appointed him as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Chissano succeeded to the presidency and became FRELIMO party leader in 1986 when Samora...
dissidents and his wife, Celina by the post-independence government of SamoraMachel. Simango was a founder member of FRELIMO, serving as Vice-President...
important general and leader in FRELIMO. He became interior minister in the SamoraMachel government and issued an order forcing most Portuguese residents to...
secondary education at the FRELIMO school at Mariri in Cabo Delgado and at SamoraMachel Secondary School in Beira. In 1973, aged 14, he joined FRELIMO and received...
conducted a special investigation into the 1986 aircrash in which president SamoraMachel of Mozambique was killed. The investigation was unable to prove an allegation...
Josina Machel, political activist and first wife of SamoraMachel Graca Machel, political activist and second wife of SamoraMachelSamoraMachel, first...
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