Eduardo Mondlane

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Eduardo Mondlane
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 (1920-06-20)20 June 1920 Nwajahani, Mandlakazi, Portuguese Mozambique
Died	3 February 1969(1969-02-03) (aged 48)[1] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Political party	Mozambican Liberation Front
Alma mater	Oberlin College (BA) Northwestern University (MA, PhD)
Occupation	Politician Professor
Profession	Anthropologist

Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (20 June 1920 – 3 February 1969) was a Mozambican revolutionary and anthropolgist, and founder of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO). He served as the FRELIMO's first leader until his assassination in 1969 in Tanzania. An anthropologist by profession, Mondlane also worked as a history and sociology professor at Syracuse University before returning to Mozambique in 1963.^[2][3]