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Samora Machel
1st President of Mozambique
In office 25 June 1975 – 19 October 1986
Succeeded by	Joaquim Chissano
Chairman of the Mozambique Liberation Front
In office 1970 – 19 October 1986
Preceded by	Eduardo Mondlane
Succeeded by	Joaquim Chissano
Personal details
Born	Samora Moisés Machel (1933-09-29)September 29, 1933 Gaza Province, Portuguese Mozambique
Died	October 19, 1986(1986-10-19) (aged 53) Mbuzini, Lebombo Mountains, South Africa
Nationality	Mozambican
Political party	Mozambique Liberation Front
Spouse(s)	Josina Mutemba Graça Simbine (1975–1986)

Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander, politician and revolutionary. He served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975.

Of 44 people on board, Machel and 33 others including several ministers, senior officials of the Mozambican government, 2 pilots, a navigator, a radio operator and all 4 flight attendants were killed in a presidential aircraft crashed near the Mozambique-South Africa border while 9 passengers and a flight engineer survived.

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