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Eduardo Mondlane | |
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Chairman of the Mozambique Liberation Front | |
In office September 1962 – 3 February 1969 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Samora Machel |
Personal details | |
Born | Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane 20 June 1920 Nwajahani, Mandlakazi, Portuguese Mozambique |
Died | 3 February 1969[1] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | (aged 48)
Political party | Mozambican Liberation Front |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | |
Profession | Anthropologist |
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (20 June 1920 – 3 February 1969) was the President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) from 1962, the year that FRELIMO was founded in Tanzania, until his assassination in 1969. Born in Mozambique, he was an anthropologist by profession, and worked as a history and sociology professor at Syracuse University before returning to Mozambique in 1963.[2][3]