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Angola in 1962

Historical records for Angola in 1962, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
7Events
2Named people
1Places
3Categories

Historical records

March

27 March 1962National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA)Holden Alvaro Roberto

Politics / Frente Nacional de Libertacao de Angola

Roberto establishes the Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile, appointing Savimbi to the position of Foreign Minister

27 March 1962Revolutionary GovernmentHolden Alvaro Roberto

Politics / Frente Nacional de Libertacao de Angola

Roberto establishes the Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile, appointing Savimbi to the position of Foreign Minister

27 March 1962Revolutionary GovernmentHolden Alvaro Roberto

Warfare / Angolan War of Independence

Roberto establishes the Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile, appointing Savimbi to the position of Foreign Minister

Other Events

1962Arrest of Antonio Agostinho NetoAntonio Agostinho Neto

Politics / Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola

Escapes to Morocco

1962Independence of AngolaAntonio Agostinho Neto

Leopoldville · Politics / Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola

The MPLA adopts and reaffirms its policies for an independent Angola, democracy, multiracialism, national liberation of the entire colony, non-alignment, no foreign military bases in Angola, and nationalization

1962National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA)Holden Alvaro Roberto

Politics / Frente Nacional de Libertacao de Angola

UNITA merges with the Democratic Party of Angola. Roberto merges the UPA with the Democratic Party of Angola to form the FNLA

1962NationalizationAntonio Agostinho Neto

Leopoldville · Politics / Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola

The MPLA adopts and reaffirms its policies for an independent Angola, democracy, multiracialism, national liberation of the entire colony, non-alignment, no foreign military bases in Angola, and nationalization

1962Peoples Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)Antonio Agostinho Neto

Leopoldville · Politics / Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola

The MPLA holds a party congress, Viriato da Cruz, found to be "slow, negligent, and adverse to planning," is replaced by Agostinho Neto. The MPLA adopts and reaffirms its policies for an independent Angola, democracy, multiracialism, national liberation of the entire colony, non-alignment, no foreign military bases in Angola, and nationalization

1962President of AngolaAntonio Agostinho Neto

Politics / Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola

Appointed President of the Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola

Names involved

Antonio Agostinho NetoHolden Alvaro Roberto

Places involved

Leopoldville

Provenance

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