Organization
MPLA
People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola, a Marxist-oriented nationalist movement founded, by its own account, in Luanda in 1956; it proclaimed Angola’s independence and has governed the country since 1975.
- Dates
- 10 December 1956 – …
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Africa
- In the threads
- History of Portugal since the Battle of Aljubarrota
Events
- Portuguese Colonial War4 February 1961 – 25 April 1974 · Africa
- Independence of Angola11 November 1975 · Africa
Often together with
FNLAUNITAAgostinho NetoAntónio de Oliveira SalazarEstado Novo (Portugal)FRELIMOMarcelo CaetanoPAIGCPeople’s Republic of AngolaThird Portuguese Republic