Democratic People's Republic of Angola

Democratic People's Republic of Angola República Popular Democrática de Angola
1975–1976 1979–2002
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The greatest territorial extent controlled by UNITA
Status	Unrecognized government.
Capital	Huambo (de jure) Jamba (de facto)
Common languages	Portuguese
Government	Unitary two-party diarchic provisional government (1975–1976) Unitary one-party socialist provisional government (1979–1992) Unitary provisional government (1992–2002)
Co-president
• 1975–1976	Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi
President
• 1979–2002	Jonas Savimbi
• 2002	Paulo Lukamba Gato
Historical era	Cold War
• RPDA proclaimed	11 November 1975
• RPDA suppressed	11 February 1976
• RPDA reestablished	1979
• RPDA dissolution	4 April 2002
Preceded by Succeeded by 1975: Overseas Province of Angola 1979: People's Republic of Angola 1976: People's Republic of Angola 2002: Republic of Angola
Today part of	Angola

It was declared by the FNLA and UNITA in the city of Huambo. It was formed during the dawn of Angolan independence, in November 1975, though by February 1976, its FNLA forces had been largely defeated by the MPLA of the People's Republic of Angola.^[5] The Democratic People's Republic, at first, was inspired by Maoism and the Chinese Revolution, including an explicit mention of the construction of socialism in its program, but later moved towards anti-communist positions.^[6] It was initially supported by the People's Republic of China and, later, by South Africa and United States.^[7]

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