MPLA

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former liberation movement political party ruling party

The MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola) is a Marxist-origin political party and former liberation movement that became Angola's ruling party after independence.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
MPLA canonical 16
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola 3
Front for the National Liberation of Angola 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former liberation movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
ruling party ⓘ
armedWing FAPLA ⓘ
becameRulingPartyOnIndependence 1975 ⓘ
conflict Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Angolan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Angolan War of Independence
continent Africa ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
currentPresidentOfAngolaFromParty João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço ⓘ
surface form: João Lourenço
electoralDominance has won all post-war national elections in Angola ⓘ
firstPresidentOfAngolaFromParty Agostinho Neto ⓘ
foundedAs liberation movement ⓘ
foundedIn Luanda ⓘ
founder Agostinho Neto ⓘ
foundingYear 1956 ⓘ
fullName Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
surface form: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola
fullNameEnglish Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
surface form: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
governingStatus ruling party of Angola since independence in 1975 ⓘ
governingSystemInfluence Marxism–Leninism (historical) ⓘ
governsCapitalCity Luanda ⓘ
hasWomenWing OMA ⓘ
hasYouthWing JMPLA ⓘ
headquartersLocation Luanda ⓘ
ideologicalOrigin Marxist ⓘ
legalStatus legal political party in Angola ⓘ
longestServingPresidentFromParty José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ
notableLeader Agostinho Neto ⓘ
José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ
João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço ⓘ
surface form: João Lourenço
officialLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
opposedOrganization FNLA ⓘ
UNITA ⓘ
partyColor black ⓘ
red ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
left-wing ⓘ
primaryGoalAtFounding independence of Angola from Portugal ⓘ
regionOfActivity Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
roleInHistory major Angolan independence movement ⓘ
principal party in the Angolan Civil War ⓘ
supportedByDuringColdWar Cuba ⓘ
Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
symbol star ⓘ
transitionedTo multi-party democracy participant in the 1990s ⓘ
type mass party ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Angolan Civil War → mainBelligerent → MPLA ⓘ
Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasParticipant → MPLA ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasParticipant → MPLA ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front for the National Liberation of Angola
Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasParticipant → MPLA ⓘ
subject surface form: Cuban intervention in Angola
this entity surface form: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
João Lourenço → memberOfPoliticalParty → MPLA ⓘ
João Lourenço → politicalParty → MPLA ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Portuguese Colonial War → belligerent → MPLA ⓘ
Portuguese Colonial War → opponent → MPLA ⓘ
UNITA → opposed → MPLA ⓘ
FNLA → opposedTo → MPLA ⓘ
FNLA → lostPowerStruggleTo → MPLA ⓘ
Bicesse Accords → relatedOrganization → MPLA ⓘ
Lusaka Protocol → party → MPLA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MPLA-led government
Agostinho Neto → memberOf → MPLA ⓘ
Agostinho Neto → politicalParty → MPLA ⓘ
José Eduardo dos Santos → memberOfPoliticalParty → MPLA ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi → opposedBy → MPLA ⓘ
Battle of Quifangondo → belligerent → MPLA ⓘ
Battle of Quifangondo → defendingForce → MPLA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MPLA forces
João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço → memberOfPoliticalParty → MPLA ⓘ
President of MPLA → roleIn → MPLA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MPLA party leadership
President of MPLA → politicalAlignment → MPLA ⓘ
President of MPLA → hasAuthorityOver → MPLA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MPLA Central Committee
President of MPLA → hasAuthorityOver → MPLA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MPLA Political Bureau
President of MPLA → reportsTo → MPLA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MPLA party congress
Overseas War → opponent → MPLA ⓘ