What is People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola?
{{Infobox political party | name = People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola | native_name = {{lang|pt|Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola}} | logo = Logo of the MPLA (Angola).svg | logo_size = 200px | colorcode = {{party color|MPLA}} | abbreviation = MPLA | chairman = [[João Lourenço]] | leader = | secretary_general = Álvaro de Boavida Neto | spokesperson = | founder = [[Agostinho Neto]], [[Viriato da Cruz]] | slogan = ''Peace, Work and Liberty'' | founded = {{start date|1956|12|10|df=y}} (64 years ago) | merger = | headquarters = [[Luanda]], [[Angola]] | newspaper = ''Jornal de Angola'' | think_tank = | wing1_title = Paramilitary wing | wing1 = People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola | student_wing = | youth_wing = | womens_wing = | membership_year = | membership = | ideology = [[Socialism]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] [[Populism]] | position = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] to [[Far-left politics|Far-left]] | national = | international = [[Socialist International]] | affiliation1_title = | affiliation1 = | colors = | anthem = | seats1_title = | seats1 = | seats2_title = | seats2 = | seats3_title = | seats3 = | symbol = | flag = [[File:Flag of MPLA.svg|200px]] | website = {{URL|www.mpla.ao}} | country = Angola | footnotes = }} The '''People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola''', also known as '''MPLA''' is a left-wing [[political party]] and a popular movement from [[Angola]]. The MPLA fought against the [[Colonialism|colonial]] Second Portuguese Republic ([[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]]) in the [[Angolan War of Independence]]. The party has been the dominant party in Angola since the country's independence in 1975. ==Conflicts== '''Angolan War of Independenc