Afonso dhlakama biography
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Quick facts for kids Afonso Dhlakama | |
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| Leader of RENAMO | |
| In office 17 October 1979 – 3 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | André Matsangaissa |
| Succeeded by | Ossufo Momade |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1953-01-01)1 January 1953 Mangunde, Sofala Province Portuguese Mozambique |
| Died | 3 May 2018(2018-05-03) (aged 65) Gorongosa, Sofala Province, Mozambique |
| Political party | RENAMO |
Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama (1 January 1953 – 3 May 2018) was a Mozambican politician and the leader of RENAMO, an anti-communist guerrilla movement that fought the FRELIMO government in the Mozambican Civil War before signing a peace agreement and becoming an opposition political party in the early 1990s. Dhlakama was born in Mangunde, Sofala Province.
Mozambican Civil War
After RENAMO's first leader, André Matsangaissa, was killed by Mozambican government forces in 1979, Dhlakama became leader. By 1984, Dhalakama was both commander in chief of RENA Biografia de afonso dhlakama.