Afonso Dhlakama
Afonso Dhlakama | |
|---|---|
| Leader of RENAMO | |
| In office 17 October 1979 – 3 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | André Matsangaissa |
| Succeeded by | Ossufo Momade |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1953 Mangunde, Sofala Province Portuguese Mozambique |
| Died | 3 May 2018 (aged 65) Gorongosa, Sofala Province, Mozambique |
| Political party | RENAMO |
Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama (1 January 1953 – 3 May 2018) was a Mozambican politician and the leader of RENAMO, an anti-communist guerrilla movement that fought the FRELIMO government in the Mozambican Civil War before signing a peace agreement and becoming an opposition political party in the early 1990s. Dhlakama was born in Mangunde, Sofala Province.