1956Angolan Communist PartyJoaquim Andrade
The PLUA merges with the PCA to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
Historical records for Angola in 1956, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The PLUA merges with the PCA to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
Attempts a failed offensive from on Angola from Zambia
The original mission of the FNLA, officially formed under the leadership of Holden Roberto is to restore the home of the ethnic Bakongo people in northern Angola and southern Zaire, known as the "Kongo Kingdom"
The PLUA merges with the PCA to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
The Angolan Communist Party (PCA) merges with the Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola (PLUA) to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola with Viriato da Cruz, the President of the PCA, as Secretary General
The MPLA, led by da Cruz, M rio Andrade, Ilidio Machado, and Lpounds cio Lara, derives support from the Mbundu people and in Luanda. The Angolan Communist Party (PCA) merges with the Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola (PLUA) to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola with Viriato da Cruz, the President of the PCA, as Secretary General
Movimento popular de Libertacao de Angola, a Marxist rival to the UPA.
The Angolan Communist Party (PCA) merges with the Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola (PLUA) to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola with Viriato da Cruz, the President of the PCA, as Secretary General.
The MPLA was founded in 1956 as a Marxist party with a strong following in the Angolan capital, Luanda, it is first led by Antonio Neto.
The original mission of the FNLA, officially formed under the leadership of Holden Roberto is to restore the home of the ethnic Bakongo people in northern Angola and southern Zaire, known as the "Kongo Kingdom"
Founds the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, based on the Ovimbundu
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