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Marcelino dos Santos

1929 - 2020

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Marcelino dos Santos (20 May 1929 – 11 February 2020) was a Mozambican poet, revolutionary, and politician. As a young man he travelled to Portugal, and France for an education. He was a founding member of the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO—Mozambican Liberation Front), in 1962, and served as the party's deputy president from 1969 to 1977. He was Minister of Economic Development in the late 1970s, Frelimo Political Bureau member in charge of the economy in the early 1980s, Chairman of the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, from 1987 to 1994, and, as of 1999, remained a member of the Frelimo Central Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Marcelino dos Santos is the 15,815th most popular politician (down from 15,466th in 2024), the 29th most popular biography from Mozambique (down from 25th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Mozambican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marcelino dos Santos ranks 15,815 out of 19,576. Before him are Petre S. Aurelian, Patrice Trovoada, Pik Botha, Sándor Gombos, Dedumose II, and George W. Romney. After him are Dimitrios Drivas, Niels Helveg Petersen, Eligio Ayala, Indulis Emsis, Alfredo Baquerizo, and Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Marcelino dos Santos ranks 438. Before him are Gerald Dreyer, Yordan Radichkov, Pentti Hämäläinen, Józef Pińkowski, Bruno Belin, and Pat Crawford Brown. After him are Charlotte Froese Fischer, Amar Bose, Wanda Wiłkomirska, Yuri Artsutanov, William Fields, and Olga Tass. Among people deceased in 2020, Marcelino dos Santos ranks 565. Before him are Dejan Dabović, Péter Marót, Maurice Moucheraud, Norbert Blüm, Valdir Espinosa, and Nathan Zach. After him are David Dinkins, Károly Wieland, Alex Trebek, Volodymyr Troshkin, Kurt Stettler, and Khalil Taha.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Marcelino dos Santos ranks 29 out of 38. Before him are Costa Pereira (1929), Mário da Graça Machungo (1941), José Craveirinha (1922), Maria Mutola (1972), Vicente Lucas (1935), and Hilário (1939). After him are Afonso Dhlakama (1953), António Calvário (1938), José Rodrigues dos Santos (1964), Paulina Chiziane (1955), Daniel Chapo (1977), and Alberto Vaquina (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mozambique

Among politicians born in Mozambique, Marcelino dos Santos ranks 11. Before him are Armando Guebuza (1943), Eduardo Mondlane (1920), Luísa Diogo (1958), Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (1954), Pascoal Mocumbi (1941), and Mário da Graça Machungo (1941). After him are Afonso Dhlakama (1953), Daniel Chapo (1977), Alberto Vaquina (1961), and Maria Benvinda Levy (1969).

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