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Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was
a Mozambican military commander, politician and revolutionary.
A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as
the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in
1975. Machel died in office in 1986 when his presidential
aircraft crashed near the Mozambique-South Africa border.
It was believed by
many that the South African government was somehow responsible for the crash,
although it strongly denied a connection. Machel’s widow, Graça, who married
South African President Nelson Mandela in 1998, gave evidence to
South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission that supported the involvement
of the minority South African government. A memorial to Machel was erected in
1999 at the site of the crash.
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