Luís Cabral (1942 - 2009)
Sat Apr 11, 1942
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Luís Cabral, born on this day in 1942, was a Bissau-Guinean revolutionary who served as the first President of Guinea-Bissau after the country won its independence from Portuguese colonizers in 1974.
Luís Cabral was also a half-brother of noted pan-African revolutionary Amílcar Cabral, with whom he co-founded the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in 1956.
PAIGC was one of the primary agitators for freedom against Portuguese colonial rule, and fought the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence against Portugal, winning the country's independence in 1974. Luís Cabral became the leader of the party in 1973 after Amílcar was assassinated that year.
Cabral served as president of Guinea-Bissau from 1974 to 1980, when a military coup d'état led by João Bernardo Vieira deposed him. After losing power, Cabral was exiled to Portugal, where he died in 2009.
- Date: 1942-04-11
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- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org