Education
Even being a student he was an active struggler for the independence of his country. In 1963, at the age of 20, Guebuza headed the African students Union of Mozambique and joined FRELIMO.
Finished military courses in Tanzania.
Even being a student he was an active struggler for the independence of his country. In 1963, at the age of 20, Guebuza headed the African students Union of Mozambique and joined FRELIMO.
Finished military courses in Tanzania.
In 1963, at the age of 20, Guebuza headed the African students Union of Mozambique and joined FRELIMO. Two years later he was elected a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Party. In 1975 after finishing military courses in Tanzania the future president headed armed fighting against Portuguese colonial authorities.
After the agreement signing in Lucas in 1974, according to which Mozambique was independent from Portugal and where the mechanism of the power transmission to the new administration of Mozambique was described, Armando Guebuza always was a member of the cabinets that was formed in the country: he was the Minister of the Interior twice, he also was the deputy of the Minister of Defence, the Minister-President in the Sofala region, the Minister of Transport. During those years the government that was formed by FRELIMO made a few mistakes that Guebuza was responsible for as the Minister of the Interior. The matter is about so-called decree “20-24”. According to that decree Portuguese settlers had to leave the territory of the country during 24 hours, they were allowed to take no more than 20 kilos of luggage. The same thing can be said about the organization of the labor camps in the Niassa province, where thousands of unemployed were driven together from Mapugu and Beira during winter time.
One more Armando Guebuza’s achievement is his successful negotiations with the National Opposition of Mozambique (RENAMO) – the main power of the opposition movement, many members of which are went to military in Rhodesia and were financed by South Africa. Thanks to his effort the treaty of peace with the insurgents was signed in 1992.
During the VIII congress of FELIMO in 2002 Guebuza was elected for the post of the secretary–general and nominated for the position of the President of the country.
Guebuza was the candidate of FRELIMO for the December 2004 presidential elections, in which he won with 63.7% of the vote. He became president of Mozambique on 2 February 2005 and was re-elected for a second five year term of office on 28 October 2009. Guebuza is the first man to enter the Mozambican presidency with a non-Marxist party programme and ideology.
Has a non-Marxist party programme and ideology.