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Group: Arapaho people (Amerind tribe)
People: Jonas Savimbi
Topic: Ottoman Reoccupation: Serbia
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Jonas Savimbi

Angolan political and military leader
Years: 1934 - 2002

Jonas Malheiro Savimbi (August 3, 1934 – February 22, 2002) is an Angolan political and military leader.

He founds and leads UNITA, a movement that first wages a guerrilla war against Portuguese colonial rule, 1966–1974, then confronts the rival MPLA during the decolonization conflict, 1974–75, and after independence in 1975 fights the ruling MPLA in the Angolan Civil War until his death in a clash with government troops in 2002.

Regions
The Near and Middle East (1934 - 2002)
Southeast Europe (1934 - 2002)
Central Europe (1934 - 2002)
West Europe (1934 - 2002)
Southern Africa (1934 - 2002)
East Africa (1934 - 2002)
Middle Africa (1934 - 2002)
West Africa (1934 - 2002)
North Africa (1934 - 2002)
Southwest Europe (1934 - 2002)
Macaronesia (1934 - 2002)
South Atlantic (1934 - 2002)