André Matsangaíssa
André Matsangaíssa (born March 18, 1950 - October 17, 1979 in Gorongosa ) was the first commander of the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (RENAMO), the armed movement that he had co-founded in 1975 in the former Rhodesia .
Matsangaíssa had joined the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) in 1972 and was stationed in Dondo near Beira after the victory of the FRELIMO in 1975 . He was fined for theft and was released from the Mozambican Army (Forças Armadas de Moçambique, FAM). He was then sent to a re-education camp near Gorongosa in Sofala Province . During an attack by Rhodesian forces on the camp, he was liberated and taken to Rhodesia. In 1977 he took over the management of RENAMO.
As a dissident of FRELIMO, he was killed by government troops in Gorongosa in 1979 during a RENAMO attack on a government position. After his death, Afonso Dhlakama took over the leadership of the RENAMO guerrilla movement at the height of the Mozambican civil war .
Web links
- Chronology of War and Peace in Mozambique (Chronology of the Mozambican Civil War). In: Alex Vines, Dylan Hendrickson et al .: The Mozambican peace process in perspective . 1998, e-book at www.cr.org (English) download link
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| SURNAME | Matsangaíssa, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mozambican rebel leader of the RENAMO |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1950 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th October 1979 |
| Place of death | Gorongosa |