MPLA
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (Portuguese: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola – Partido do Trabalho), is an Angolan social democratic political party. The MPLA fought against the Portuguese Army in the Angolan War of Independence from 1961 to 1974, and defeated the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) in the Angolan Civil War. The party has ruled Angola since the country's independence from Portugal in 1975, being the de facto government throughout the civil war and continuing to rule afterwards.
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola | |
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| Abbreviation | MPLA |
| Chairman | João Lourenço |
| Secretary-General | Paulo Pombolo |
| Founder | Agostinho Neto Viriato da Cruz |
| Founded | 10 December 1956 |
| Merger of | PLUAA, MINE and PCA |
| Headquarters | Luanda |
| Newspaper | Jornal de Angola |
| Youth wing | Youth of MPLA |
| Women's wing | Organization of Angolan Women |
| Paramilitary wing | People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (until 1993; integrated into the Angolan Armed Forces) |
| Membership (2012) | 6,000,000 |
| Ideology | Since 1992: Social democracy Democratic socialism 1977–1992: Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Since 1992: Centre-left to left-wing 1977–1992: Left-wing to far-left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| African affiliation | Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa CONCP |
| Slogan | "Peace, Work and Liberty" |
| National Assembly | 124 / 220 |
| SADC PF | 0 / 5 |
| Pan-African Parliament | 0 / 5 |
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