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Samora Machel

President of Mozambique

Died when: 53 years 20 days (636 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Samora Machel

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.

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