Afonso Dhlakama

Afonso Dhlakama
Leader of RENAMO
In office
17 October 1979 – 3 May 2018
Preceded byAndré Matsangaissa
Succeeded byOssufo Momade
Personal details
Born(1953-01-01)1 January 1953
Died3 May 2018(2018-05-03) (aged 65)
PartyRENAMO
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Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama (1 January 1953 – 3 May 2018) was a Mozambican politician and the leader of RENAMO, an anti-communist guerrilla movement that fought the FRELIMO government in the Mozambican Civil War before signing a peace agreement and becoming an opposition political party in the early 1990s. Dhlakama was born in Mangunde, Sofala Province.