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The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola) was a militant organization that fought for Angolan independence from Portugal in the war of independence under the leadership of Holden Roberto. The FNLA became a political party in 1992.

Ahead of the first multiparty elections in 1992, FNLA was reorganized as a political party. FNLA received 2.4% of the votes and won five Members of Parliament. In the 2008 parliamentary election, the FNLA received 1.11% of the vote, winning three out of 220 seats.^[1]

Contents 1 Foreign support 2 See also 3 Further reading 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Foreign support

Over the course of many years, the governments of Algeria, Ghana, Israel, France, Romania, the People's Republic of China, South Africa, the United States, and Zaire actively supported and aided the FNLA.

The French government supplied men and loaned 1 million pounds sterling without interest.^[2][3] The U.S. government began aiding the FNLA in 1961 during the Kennedy administration, and rerouted one-third of official aid to Zaire to go to the FNLA and UNITA.^[2][4]

The Israeli government gave aid to the FNLA between 1963 and 1969. Holden Roberto visited Israel during the 1960s, and FNLA members were sent to Israel for training. During the 1970s the Israeli government shipped arms to the FNLA through Zaire.^[5]

The People's Republic of China began supplying the FNLA with arms in 1964. It gave the FNLA military equipment and at least 112 military advisers.^[6] The Romanian government delivered arms to the FNLA in August 1974.^[7]

[edit] See also

• African independence movements
• Luanda Trial
• "Colonel" Callan
• Charlie Christodoulou Angolan War Mercenary
• Peter McAleese Angolan War Mercenary

[edit] Further reading

• Chris Dempster, Fire Power (first hand account of foreign mercenaries fighting on the side of the FNLA) [1]
• Peter McAleese, No Mean Soldier

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• National Liberation Front of Angola

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