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Lúcio Lara

1929 - 2016

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Lúcio Rodrigo Leite Barreto de Lara (9 April 1929 – 27 February 2016), also known by the pseudonym Tchiweka, was an Angolan revolutionary, physicist-mathematician, politician, anti-colonial ideologist and one of the founding members (and president) of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). He served as General Secretary of the MPLA during the Angolan War of Independence and Angolan Civil War. Lara, a founding member of the MPLA, led the first MPLA members into Luanda on 8 November 1974. He swore in Agostinho Neto as the first president of the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lúcio Lara is the 13,220th most popular politician (up from 13,815th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Angola (up from 15th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Angolan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lúcio Lara ranks 13,220 out of 19,576. Before him are Sebastian Kurz, Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg, John Haglelgam, Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones, Ali Benflis, and Robert Menzies. After him are Ptolemaeus of Commagene, Sushil Koirala, Song Ping, Banastre Tarleton, Siegfried Buback, and Marcel Cachin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Lúcio Lara ranks 299. Before him are Ruth Pfau, Hallgeir Brenden, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Haruo Nakajima, Don Murray, and Hubert Dreyfus. After him are Jean Pickering, Henry E. Holt, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, József Tóth, Bob Hawke, and Karl-Erik Palmér. Among people deceased in 2016, Lúcio Lara ranks 270. Before him are Sharon Jones, Vladimir Zeldin, Jon Polito, Ioannis Grivas, Lupita Tovar, and Leonid Zhabotinsky. After him are Sushil Koirala, Bill Mollison, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, László Sárosi, Yang Jiang, and Alphons Egli.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, Lúcio Lara ranks 11 out of 67. Before him are Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Alexandre do Nascimento (1925), Fernando Peyroteo (1918), José Águas (1930), Holden Roberto (1923), and Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950). After him are José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917), Rui Jordão (1952), Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928), Pepetela (1941), Zacarias Kamwenho (1934), and José Manuel Imbamba (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Angola

Among politicians born in Angola, Lúcio Lara ranks 7. Before him are José Eduardo dos Santos (1942), João Lourenço (1954), Agostinho Neto (1922), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Holden Roberto (1923), and Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950). After him are Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem (1934), Lopo do Nascimento (1942), Paulo Kassoma (1951), Manuel Vicente (1956), and Marcolino Moco (1953).

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