Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (died 1986)

Samora Machel

Former president of Mozambique (1933–1986)

Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican politician and revolutionary. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975 until his death in a plane crash in 1986.

List of presidents of Mozambique

This article lists the presidents of Mozambique, since the establishment of the office of president in 1975.

September 29

Day of the year

September 29 is the 272nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the end of the year.