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Intro | Angolan politician |
Was | Politician |
From | Angola |
Type | Politics |
Gender | male |
Birth | 12 January 1923, M’banza-Kongo |
Death | 2 August 2007, Luanda (aged 84 years) |
Holden Álvaro Roberto (January 12, 1923 – August 2, 2007) founded and led the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) from 1962 to 1999.
List of navy officers
His memoirs are unfinished.
Early life
Roberto, son of Garcia Diasiwa Roberto and Joana Lala Nekaka (and a descendant of the monarchy of the Kongo Kingdom.), was born in São Salvador, Angola. His family moved to Léopoldville, Belgian Congo in 1925.
In 1940 he graduated from a Baptist mission school. He worked for the Belgian Finance Ministry in Léopoldville, Bukavu, and Stanleyville for eight years. In 1951 he visited Angola and witnessed Portuguese officials abusing an old man, inspiring him to begin his political career.
Political career
Roberto and Barros Necaca founded the Union of Peoples of Northern Angola (UPNA), later renamed the Unio