SAMORA MOISES MACHEL - MOZAMBIQUE

Approved for Release: 2019/07/30 C06762102 MOZAMBIQUE President President of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRE- LIMO) since May 1970, Samora Machel (pronounced mahSHELL) be- came the first President of the People's Republic of Mozambique on 25 June 1975. In addition, he controls the National Service of People's Security, the new secret police organization that has wide powers of arrest, detention and confiscation, and, as FRELIMO president, is ex officio Commander in Chief of the P...