Jonas Savimbi | |
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![]() Savimbi in 1990 | |
Birth name | Jonas Malheiro Savimbi |
Born | Munhango, Bié Province, Portuguese Angola | 3 August 1934
Died | 22 February 2002 Lucusse, Moxico Province, Angola | (aged 67)
Cause of death | Killed in combat |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Years of service | 1964–2002 |
Rank | General |
Commands | President and Supreme Commander of UNITA (1966–2002) |
Battles/wars | Angolan War of Independence Angolan Civil War |
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi (Portuguese: [ˈʒɔnɐʃ ˈsavĩbi]; 3 August 1934 – 22 February 2002) was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). UNITA was one of several groups which waged a guerrilla war against Portuguese colonial rule from 1966 to 1974. Once independence was achieved, it then became an anti-communist group which confronted the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the Angolan Civil War. Savimbi had extensive contact with anti-communist activists in the United States, including Jack Abramoff and was one of the leading anti-communist voices in the world.[1] Savimbi was killed in a clash with government troops in 2002.[2]
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