Marcelino dos Santos
Marcelino dos Santos (born May 20, 1929 in Lumbo , † February 11, 2020 in Maputo ) was a Mozambican politician and writer .
He was a founding member of FRELIMO , in which he made it to vice-president. After Mozambique gained independence in 1975, Marcelino dos Santos became the first Minister for Planning and Development in the Machel I cabinet . He held the office until the election of the country's first parliament ( Assembleia Popular ) in 1977 , when he became its president. He in turn held this office until the first multi-party election was held in 1994 .
Under the pseudonyms Kalungano and Lilinha Micha he published poems in a publishing house in Lisbon . Under his official name, he published a book in 1987 about the Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos (Mozambican Writers' Association) under the title Canto do Amor Natural .
He was buried on February 19, 2020 at Praça dos Heróis Moçambicanos .
Web links
- Biography (English)
- Death notice (portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mozambique: Frelimo Founder Marcelino Dos Santos Dies. allafrica.com, February 11, 2020, accessed February 13, 2020 .
- ↑ Morreu Mário da Graça Machungo, Primeiro-Ministro de Samora Machel. abola.pt, February 18, 2020, accessed on February 18, 2020 (Spanish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Santos, Marcelino dos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mozambican politician and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lumbo |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 2020 |
| Place of death | Maputo |