People's Republic of Mozambique

People's Republic of Mozambique República Popular de Moçambique
← 1975–1990 →
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Capital	Maputo
Language(s)	Portuguese
Government	Socialist republic, Single-party communist state
President	Samora Machel
Historical era	Cold War
- Established	June 25, 1975
- Disestablished	December 1, 1990
Currency	Mozambican metical

The People's Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: República Popular de Moçambique), was a self-declared socialist state (commonly known as a communist state in the West) that lasted from June 25, 1975 through December 1, 1990,^[1] becoming the present day Republic of Mozambique.

After gaining independence from Portugal in 1975, the People's Republic of Mozambique was established shortly after the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique ("Frelimo"), which was led by Samora Moises Machel, engaged in a brutal civil war with the Mozambique National Resistance ("Renamo"), a guerilla movement initially financed by the Republic of Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe), but later replaced by apartheid South Africa, who supported and financed the group.^[2]

The People's Republic of Mozambique enjoyed close ties with the People's Republic of Angola^[3] and the Soviet Union,^[4] both of which were communist states at the given time.^[5] The People's Republic of Mozambique was also an observer of Comecon ("Council for Mutual Economic Assistance"), which was an economic organization of communist states.^[6]

References

1. ^ MOZAMBIQUE AND ANGOLA - THE COMMUNIST EPISODE
2. ^ D4 Mozambique
3. ^ The New Communist Third World By Peter John de la Fosse Wiles
4. ^ Soviet Union-Mozambique
5. ^ Angola: Communist nations
6. ^ THE COUNCIL FOR MUTUAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE