Maintaining control over Luanda and the lucrative oil fields of the Atlantic coastline, Agostinho Neto, the leader of the MPLA, declared the independence of the Portuguese Overseas Province of Angola as the People's Republic of Angola on 11 November 1975, in …

Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi (Portuguese: [ˈʒɔnɐʃ ˈsavĩbi]; 3 August 1934 – 22 February 2002) was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola .

Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Angolan political party. The MPLA, founded in 1956, merged two nationalist organizations and was centred in the country’s capital city of Luanda. From 1962 it was led by Agostinho Neto, who eventually became Angola’s first president.

2022年8月29日 · Official results announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) on Monday reported the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) won 51.17 percent of the ballots against 43.95...

2022年8月30日 · MPLA leader João Lourenço, re-elected this Monday for a second term, promises to “be the President of all Angolans”, assuming the commitment to work continuously so that “Angola is a great economy, a great democracy and an inclusive society, where everyone has the same opportunities to develop their talents and abilities to thrive”.

2021年12月11日 · Members of the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) on Friday overwhelmingly re-elected Lourenco as party leader at a congress held in the capital, Luanda. It came just days...

The MPLA's first leader, Mario de Andrade, an educated mestiqo and a poet, gave the party a reputation for representing primarily the interests of urban intellectuals rather than the...

2024年8月26日 · It was centred in the country's capital, Luanda, and led by Agostinho Neto from the early 1960s. The MPLA fought for Angola's independence from Portugal, alongside the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).

Luanda — The leader of the Ruling party (MPLA) João Lourenço highlighted, on Wednesday, in Luanda, the fact that Angola has recently improved its reputation and gained great prestige in the...

The MPLA's first leader, Mário de Andrade, an educated mestiço and a poet, gave the party a reputation for representing primarily the interests of urban intellectuals rather than the indigenous masses. The MPLA traces its Marxist-Leninist origins to its ties with the clandestine Portuguese Communist Party (Partido Comunista Português--PCP).