Samora Machel

President of Mozambique

Samora Moisés Machel 29 September 1933 Gaza Province, Colony of Mozambique

19 October 1986(1986-10-19) (53) Mbuzini, Transvaal, South Africa

25 June 1975 – 19 October 1986

President of Mozambique (1933–1986) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Samora Machel" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2017 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander and political leader. 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 Mozambican-South African border.