FRELIMO

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FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) is the Mozambican liberation movement-turned-political party that led the struggle for independence from Portuguese colonial rule and has dominated the country’s politics since independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf liberation movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
ruling party ⓘ
achievedIndependenceFor Mozambique ⓘ
armedWingDuringStruggle FRELIMO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: FRELIMO guerrilla forces
becameRulingParty 1975 ⓘ
beganArmedStruggle 1964 ⓘ
country Mozambique ⓘ
firstPresidentOfMozambiqueFromParty Samora Machel ⓘ
flag features star, book, hoe and AK-47 ⓘ
founded 1962 ⓘ
foundedIn Dar es Salaam ⓘ
foundedInCountry Tanzania ⓘ
founder Eduardo Mondlane ⓘ
Marcelino dos Santos ⓘ
Uria Simango ⓘ
fullName FRELIMO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique
fullNameInEnglish FRELIMO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mozambique Liberation Front
governedAsSinglePartyState 1975–1990 ⓘ
headquartersCountry Mozambique ⓘ
headquartersLocation Maputo ⓘ
ideology African nationalism ⓘ
left-wing nationalism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
independenceDateOfMozambique 1975-06-25 ⓘ
introducedMultipartySystem early 1990s ⓘ
languageOfName Portuguese ⓘ
ledWarOfIndependence Mozambican War of Independence ⓘ
legalStatusAfterIndependence single party ⓘ
mainRivalParty RENAMO ⓘ
operatesInPoliticalSystem multiparty democracy of Mozambique ⓘ
opponentInWarOfIndependence Portugal ⓘ
originatedFrom merger of Mozambican nationalist groups ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
primaryGoalAtFounding independence of Mozambique from Portugal ⓘ
producedPresidentOfMozambique Armando Guebuza ⓘ
Filipe Nyusi ⓘ
Joaquim Chissano ⓘ
Samora Machel ⓘ
prominentLeader Armando Guebuza ⓘ
Eduardo Mondlane ⓘ
Filipe Nyusi ⓘ
Joaquim Chissano ⓘ
Samora Machel ⓘ
remainedDominantParty post-1994 multiparty elections ⓘ
shortName FRELIMO self-link ⓘ
supportedBy People's Republic of China during liberation struggle ⓘ
Soviet Union during liberation struggle ⓘ
Tanzania during liberation struggle ⓘ
womenWing Organização da Mulher Moçambicana ⓘ
youthWing Organização da Juventude Moçambicana ⓘ

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

Samora Machel → movement → FRELIMO ⓘ
Samora Machel → memberOf → FRELIMO ⓘ
Third World liberation movements → included → FRELIMO ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mozambican Liberation Front
Overseas War → opponent → FRELIMO ⓘ
FRELIMO → fullName → FRELIMO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique
FRELIMO → fullNameInEnglish → FRELIMO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mozambique Liberation Front
FRELIMO → shortName → FRELIMO self-link ⓘ
FRELIMO → armedWingDuringStruggle → FRELIMO self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FRELIMO guerrilla forces
Samora → memberOf → FRELIMO ⓘ
subject surface form: Samora Machel
Samora → movement → FRELIMO ⓘ
subject surface form: Samora Machel
this entity surface form: Mozambican liberation movement
Mozambican Civil War → primaryBelligerent → FRELIMO ⓘ
this entity surface form: FRELIMO-led government of Mozambique