Jonas Savimbi

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guerrilla leader human politician rebel leader

Jonas Savimbi was an Angolan rebel leader and founder of the UNITA movement, known for his central role in Angola’s long civil war and his Cold War-era backing by the United States and South Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Jonas Savimbi canonical 4
Savimbi 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
rebel leader ⓘ
burialPlace Luena ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
citizenship Angolan ⓘ
conflict Angolan Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Angola ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-08-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-02-22 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Fribourg ⓘ
University of Lausanne ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
ethnicGroup Umbundu ⓘ
surface form: Ovimbundu
familyName Jonas Savimbi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Savimbi
founded UNITA ⓘ
givenName Jonas ⓘ
ideology Maoism (early career) ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
languageSpoken Portuguese ⓘ
Umbundu ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
movement UNITA ⓘ
name Jonas Savimbi self-link ⓘ
notableFor Angolan Civil War ⓘ
numberOfSpouses multiple ⓘ
occupation military commander ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
opposed Portuguese colonial rule in Angola ⓘ
opposedBy armed forces of Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Cuban Armed Forces

MPLA ⓘ
partOf Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
surface form: Angolan independence movement
placeOfBirth Bié Province ⓘ
Munhango ⓘ
Angola ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Angola
placeOfDeath Angola ⓘ
Lucusse ⓘ
Moxico Province ⓘ
positionHeld President of UNITA ⓘ
reburialPlace Lopitanga, Bié Province ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence Jamba (UNITA headquarters) ⓘ
supportedBy South Africa ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Referenced by (5)

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

Angolan Civil War → keyFigure → Jonas Savimbi ⓘ
UNITA → foundedBy → Jonas Savimbi ⓘ
UNITA → leader → Jonas Savimbi ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi → name → Jonas Savimbi self-link ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi → familyName → Jonas Savimbi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Savimbi