Formation 1962 Headquarters Luanda, Angola Official language Portuguese | Type Youth wing of the MPLA Location Angola | |
1st General Secretary Sérgio Luther Rescova Joaquim | ||
The Youth of MPLA (in Portuguese, Juventude do MPLA, JMPLA) is a major mass organization within the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Party of Labour, along with the Organização da Mulher Angolana (Angolan Women's Organization), União Nacional dos Trabalhadores Angolanos (National Union of Angolan Workers) and the Organização de Pioneiros de Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto Pioneer Organization).
Jonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA from 1966 until 2002, was briefly a member of the JMPLA in the early 1960s.
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