What is Samora Machel?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = |name = Samora Machel |honorific-suffix = |image = Samora Moises Machel detail DF-SC-88-01383.jpg |imagesize = |alt = |caption = |order = 1st |office = President of Mozambique |term_start = 25 June 1975 |term_end = 19 October 1986 |taoiseach = |constituency = |majority = |predecessor = |successor = [[Joaquim Chissano]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1933|09|29}} |birth_place = [[Gaza Province]], [[Portuguese Mozambique]] |birthname = Samora Moisés Machel |death_date = {{death date and age|1986|10|19|1933|09|29}} |death_place = [[Mbuzini]], [[Lebombo Mountains]], [[South Africa]] |death_cause = [[1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash|Plane crash]] |office2 = Chairman of the [[FRELIMO|Mozambique Liberation Front]] |term_start2 = 1970 |term_end2 = 19 October 1986 |predecessor2 = [[Eduardo Mondlane]] |successor2 = [[Joaquim Chissano]] |nationality = [[Mozambique|Mozambican]] |party = [[FRELIMO|Mozambique Liberation Front]] |spouse = [[Josina Machel|Josina Mutemba]] <br> [[Graça Machel|Graça Simbine]] (1975–1986) |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = |blank1 = |data1 = }} '''Samora Moisés Machel''' (29 September 1933 &ndash; 19 October 1986) was a [[Mozambique|Mozambican]] military commander, politician and revolutionary. He served as the first [[President of Mozambique]] from the country's independence in 1975 until he died in a plane crash in 1986. == Death == Of 44 people on board, Machel and 33 ot