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Jonas Savimbi

1934 - 2002

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Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonas Savimbi is the 358th most popular military personnel (down from 295th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Angola (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Angolan Military Personnel.

Jonas Savimbi was a Marxist and anti-communist leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). He was the head of UNITA from 1966 until his death in 2002.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jonas Savimbi ranks 358 out of 2,058. Before him are Wang Jian, Georg von Frundsberg, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Fyodor Tolbukhin, Qasem Soleimani, and Luigi Cadorna. After him are Mark Milley, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Shunroku Hata, Duško Popov, Boris Shaposhnikov, and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jonas Savimbi ranks 59. Before him are Carlo Rubbia, Wole Soyinka, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Yasuo Takamori, John Surtees, and Masao Uchino. After him are C. N. R. Rao, Fujiko Fujio, Bettino Craxi, Howard Martin Temin, Brian Epstein, and Alfred Schnittke. Among people deceased in 2002, Jonas Savimbi ranks 38. Before him are Edsger W. Dijkstra, Geraldine of Albania, Choi Hong Hi, Robert Nozick, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, and James Tobin. After him are Zizinho, William Luther Pierce, Abu Nidal, Xi Zhongxun, John Cocke, and Ne Win.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, Jonas Savimbi ranks 4 out of 67. Before him are José Eduardo dos Santos (1942), João Lourenço (1954), and Agostinho Neto (1922). After him are Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Alexandre do Nascimento (1925), Fernando Peyroteo (1918), José Águas (1930), Holden Roberto (1923), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), Lúcio Lara (1929), and José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Angola

Among military personnels born in Angola, Jonas Savimbi ranks 1. 

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