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Jonas Savimbi

1934 - 2002

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Jonas Malheiro 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonas Savimbi has received more than 1,859,754 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Jonas Savimbi is the 295th most popular military personnel (up from 351st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Angola 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 295 out of 2,058. Before him are Bahram Chobin, Wang Jian, Jiang Wei, Georges Picquart, Xiahou Dun, and Uqba ibn Nafi. After him are Karl-Otto Koch, Charles François Dumouriez, Alois Brunner, Polyperchon, Maurice Benyovszky, and Rochus Misch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jonas Savimbi ranks 47. Before him are Alan Arkin, Otar Iosseliani, Tarcisio Bertone, Jacques Anquetil, Bill Russell, and David J. Thouless. After him are John L. Hall, Georges Moustaki, Brian Epstein, Wole Soyinka, Louise Fletcher, and Bengt I. Samuelsson. Among people deceased in 2002, Jonas Savimbi ranks 30. Before him are Abu Nidal, Alexander Prokhorov, Camilo José Cela, Nándor Hidegkuti, Archer Martin, and Robert Nozick. After him are Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Rod Steiger, James Tobin, George Porter, John Gotti, and Pim Fortuyn.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, Jonas Savimbi ranks 3 out of 67. Before him are José Eduardo dos Santos (1942), and Agostinho Neto (1922). After him are João Lourenço (1954), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Fernando Peyroteo (1918), Alexandre do Nascimento (1925), José Águas (1930), Holden Roberto (1923), Zacarias Kamwenho (1934), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), and Pepetela (1941).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Angola

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

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