Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Assassinated Mozambican politicians, Government ministers of Mozambique, Mayors of places in Mozambique, Members of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Mozambique, Mozambican women in politics, Presidents of Mozambique, Samora Machel, Josina Machel, Joaquim Chissano, Uria Simango, Eduardo Mondlane, Antonio Munguambe, Luisa Diogo, Paulo Zucula, Armando Guebuza, Francisco Songane, Filipe Nhussi, Teodato Hunguana, Afonso Dhlakama, Carlos Cardoso, List of heads of state of Mozambique, Maria Benvida Levy, Esperanca Machavela, Lidia Brito, Filipe Samuel Magaia, Alberto Chipande, Tobias Joaquim Dai, Alcinda Abreu, Isabel Nkavadeka, Daviz Simango, Manuel de Araujo, Aires Ali, Tomaz Salomao, Macamo Veronica Nataniel, Mario da Graca Machungo, Maria Angelina Dique Enoque, Jose Ibraimo Abudo, Oldemiro Baloi, Munhawa Sousa Salvador, Raul Domingos, Eduardo Joaquim Mulembwe, Leonardo Simao, Jose Gabriel Manteigas, Amade Camal, Jose Pacheco, Alcido Nguenha, Julio Eduardo Zamith Carrilho, Mariano de Araujo Matsinhe, Helder Francisco Malauene, Salvador Namburete, Esperanca Bias. Excerpt: Samora Moises Machel (September 29, 1933 - October 19, 1986) was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary socialist leader and eventual President of Mozambique. Machel led the country from independence in 1975 until his death in 1986, when his presidential aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain where the borders of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa converge. Samora Machel was born in the village of Madragoa (today's Chilembene), Gaza Province, Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique), to a family of farmers. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his grandfather had been an active collaborator of Gungunhana. Under Portuguese rule, his father, a native, was forced to accept lower pric...