Afonso Dhlakama

Quick Facts

Full Name	Afonso Dhlakama
Occupation	Mozambican Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 1, 1953(1953-01-01)
Age	71
Date Of Death	May 3, 2018, Gorongosa, Mozambique
Birthplace	Chibabava District
Country	Mozambique
Horoscope	Capricorn

Afonso Dhlakama Biography

Afonso Dhlakama is one of the most popular and richest Mozambican Politician who was born on January 1, 1953 in Chibabava District, Mozambique. 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.

Dhlakama was injured in a car crash in Maputo on 10 June 2007. A RENAMO spokesman described the injuries as minor.

Dhlakama repeatedly threatened to reestablish RENAMO’s armed forces and to let the country “burn”. In 2011 he stated that RENAMO was preparing a “revolution” to rid the government from power and establishing new barracks for this purpose.

In October 2012 Dhlakama relocated to RENAMO’s former headquarters near Casa Banana in Gorongosa and set up a training camp for several hundred partially armed followers. He threatened to destroy the country if his political demands were not met. However, the local press considered this threat to be another bluff, doubting that Dhlakama had the means to start any serious insurrection.

Upon the creation of the Council of State, a body tasked with advising the President, Dklahama was included on the Council due to his role as leader of the opposition; he and the other members of the Council were sworn in on 23 December 2005. He said that he accepted his seat on the Council for the sake of national stability.

Afonso Dhlakama Net Worth

Afonso Dhlakama is one of the richest Mozambican Politician from Mozambique. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Afonso Dhlakama 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After RENAMO’s first leader, André Matsangaissa, was killed by Mozambican government forces in 1979, Dhlakama became leader. By 1984, Dhalakama was both commander in chief of RENAMO’s forces and head of the governing body, the 12-member executive council. As leader of RENAMO Dhlakama sought to destabilise the FRELIMO government through guerilla strategies. Under his command RENAMO reached the peak of its power, controlling large parts of the country, especially in the north and being able to carry out raids virtually anywhere outside the major cities. In its fight RENAMO was supported by conservative circles in some western countries, including the United States, Portugal, the Brazilian right-wing military regime, and most importantly by the white led governments of Rhodesia and South Africa to whom FRELIMO-ruled Mozambique was a target due to its support of rebel movements within their countries. However, the end of the cold war, the collapse of Rhodesia’s Smith government and, most importantly, the transition taking place in South Africa eventually deprived RENAMO of its financial supporters and arms suppliers. Thus, RENAMO and FRELIMO, which had also lost its supporters from the eastern power block, finally signed a peace treaty in October 1992. RENAMO subsequently transformed itself into a legal political party under the continued leadership of Afonso Dhlakama.

Dhlakama has competed as the RENAMO candidate in all three multiparty presidential elections held in Mozambique. In 1994, he was defeated by incumbent President and FRELIMO candidate Joaquim Chissano by a margin of 53.3% to 33.7%. He received 47.7% of the vote in the 1999 presidential election with Chissano capturing 52.3%. In the December 2004 presidential election, he was defeated by FRELIMO candidate Armando Guebuza, who received 63.7% of the vote to his 31.7%.

Although RENAMO was apparently weakened by the defection of Daviz Simango, who formed a new party, Dhlakama was re-elected for another five-year term as RENAMO leader on 22 July 2009 at a party congress in Nampula Province, defeating another candidate, Rogerio Francisco Joao. He was RENAMO’s candidate in the October 2009 presidential election.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Afonso Dhlakama Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Aguinaldo Ranked on the list of most popular Mozambican Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Mozambique. Afonso Dhlakama celebrates birthday on January 1 of every year.

Is Afonso Dhlakama dead?

May 3, 2018

Who is the leader of RENAMO?

Ossufo Momade (born 30 January 1961) is a Mozambican politician. He has served as president of the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO), the main opposition party of Mozambique since January 17, 2019.

How was RENAMO formed?

Mozambican National Resistance’) is a Mozambican political party and militant group. The party was founded with the active sponsorship of the Rhodesian Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) in May 1977 from anti-communist dissidents opposed to Mozambique’s ruling FRELIMO party.

What killed Afonso Dhlakama?

Heart attack

What does FRELIMO stand for?

Liberation Front of Mozambique’) is a democratic socialist political party in Mozambique. It is the dominant party in Mozambique and has won a majority of the seats in the Assembly of the Republic in every election since the country’s first multi-party election in 1994. FRELIMO Party. Partido FRELIMO. Abbreviation.