Holden Roberto

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Holden Roberto was an Angolan nationalist leader and founder of the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), playing a major role in the country’s struggle for independence and subsequent conflicts.

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Label Occurrences
Holden Roberto canonical 3
Holden Álvaro Roberto 2
Holden Alvaro Roberto 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Angolan nationalist
human
politician
rebel leader
activeYears 1950s–1990s
alternativeName Holden Roberto
surface form: Holden Alvaro Roberto

Holden Roberto
surface form: Holden Álvaro Roberto
causeOfDeath heart attack
continent Africa
country Angola
countryOfCitizenship Angola
dateOfBirth 1923-01-12
dateOfDeath 2007-08-02
ethnicGroup Bakongo
familyName Roberto
founderOf Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola
surface form: National Liberation Front of Angola
fullName Holden Roberto self-linksurface differs
surface form: Holden Álvaro Roberto
givenName Holden
ideology anti-communism
influencedBy Pan-Africanism
memberOf Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola
surface form: National Liberation Front of Angola
movement Angolan independence movement
notableEvent proclamation of Angolan independence in 1975
notableFor founding the National Liberation Front of Angola
notableWork leadership of FNLA during Angolan independence struggle
occupation guerrilla leader
politician
opposedBy UNITA
surface form: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola

Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
participatedIn Angolan Civil War
Angolan War of Independence
placeOfBirth Angola
surface form: Portuguese Angola

São Salvador do Congo
Uíge Province
placeOfDeath Angola
Luanda
politicalParty Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola
surface form: National Liberation Front of Angola
positionHeld President of the National Liberation Front of Angola
relative Mobutu Sese Seko
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Kinshasa
Luanda
spouse Graça Machel
surface form: Graça Machel Roberto
supportedBy China
surface form: People's Republic of China

United States of America
surface form: United States

Democratic Republic of the Congo
surface form: Zaire

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Angolan Civil War keyFigure Holden Roberto
FNLA foundedBy Holden Roberto
FNLA leader Holden Roberto
Holden Roberto fullName Holden Roberto self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Holden Álvaro Roberto
Holden Roberto alternativeName Holden Roberto
this entity surface form: Holden Alvaro Roberto
Holden Roberto alternativeName Holden Roberto
this entity surface form: Holden Álvaro Roberto