Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola

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The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) is a major Angolan political party and former Marxist–Leninist guerrilla movement that led the struggle for independence from Portuguese colonial rule and has dominated the country’s politics since 1975.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former guerrilla movement ⓘ
national liberation movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
abbreviation MPLA ⓘ
adoptedMultipartySystem early 1990s ⓘ
cameToPower 1975 ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
dominantIn Angolan National Assembly ⓘ
flag red-black flag with yellow star, cogwheel and machete ⓘ
formerLeader Agostinho Neto ⓘ
José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ
foughtAgainst National Liberation Front of Angola ⓘ
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ⓘ
founded 1956 ⓘ
foundedAs merger of several Angolan nationalist groups ⓘ
foundedTheState People's Republic of Angola ⓘ
linked to: Angola
hasPresident João Lourenço ⓘ
headquarters Luanda ⓘ
headquartersCountry Angola ⓘ
ideology African nationalism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
left-wing nationalism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
languageOfName Portuguese ⓘ
legalStatus legal political party ⓘ
militaryWing People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
nativeName Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola ⓘ
opposed Portuguese colonial rule in Angola ⓘ
opposedByDuringColdWar South Africa ⓘ
United States ⓘ
originatedAs anti-colonial movement ⓘ
participatedIn 1992 Angolan general election ⓘ
2008 Angolan legislative election ⓘ
2012 Angolan general election ⓘ
2017 Angolan general election ⓘ
2022 Angolan general election ⓘ
Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
proclaimedIndependenceDate 1975-11-11 ⓘ
proclaimedIndependenceOf Angola ⓘ
roleInState governing party since independence in 1975 ⓘ
shortName MPLA ⓘ
supportedByDuringColdWar Cuba ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
transitionedIdeology from Marxism–Leninism to social democracy ⓘ
womenWing Organização da Mulher Angolana ⓘ
youthWing Juventude do MPLA ⓘ

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Third World liberation movements → included → Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
South African Border War → mainBelligerent → People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
MPLA → fullName → Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
MPLA → fullNameEnglish → People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Huambo → controlledBy → MPLA ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Agostinho Neto → movement → Angolan independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Jonas Savimbi → partOf → Angolan independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Holden Roberto → opposedBy → Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
President of MPLA → appliesToOrganization → Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
President of MPLA → jurisdiction → Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
President of MPLA → officeHolderOf → Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
President of MPLA → isTopLeaderOf → Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola → nativeName → Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
FAPLA → allegiance → MPLA government ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
United Nations operations in Angola → relatedParty → People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Jamba (UNITA headquarters) → opposedBy → People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Angolan War of Independence → combatant → Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola → rivalOrganization → Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
José Filomeno dos Santos → politicalConnection → People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
linked to: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola