What is Marcelino dos Santos?
[[File:Marcelino dos Santos 1975 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Marcelino dos Santos in 1975]] '''Marcelino dos Santos''' (20 May 1929 – 11 February 2020) was a [[Mozambique|Mozambican]] poet, [[revolutionary]], and [[politician|statesman]]. He was born in [[Lumbo]]. He was a founding member of the [[FRELIMO|''Frente de Libertação de Moçambique'']] (FRELIMO—Mozambican Liberation Front), in 1962, and served as the party's deputy president from 1969 to 1977. He was Minister of Economic Development in the late 1970s, Frelimo Political Bureau member in charge of the economy in the early 1980s. He also was Chairman of the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, from 1987 to 1994, and, as of 1999, remains a member of the Frelimo Central Committee. Santos died on 11 February 2020 at the age of 90.<ref>[https://allafrica.com/stories/202002110850.html Mozambique: Frelimo Founder Marcelino Dos Santos Dies]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commons category-inline|Marcelino dos Santos}} * [http://www.bookrags.com/biography/marcelino-dos-santos/ Bookrags ''Encyclopedia of World Biography''] (accessed December 2007). * [http://www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/newsletter/aim158.html Mozambique News Agency interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119005949/http://www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/newsletter/aim158.html |date=2017-01-19 }} (accessed December 2007). {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Marcelino dos}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Mozambican politicians]] [[Category:African poets]] {{bio-stub}}