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Álvaro Holden Roberto (born 12 January 1923 in São Salvador do Congo) is the leader of the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA). January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... External links Party website Categories: Politics stubs | Angolan political parties ...

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Holden Roberto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (127 words)
	Álvaro Holden Roberto (born 12 January 1923 in São Salvador do Congo) is the leader of the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA).
	Roberto was related, by marriage, to Mobutu Sese Seko, the dictator of neighbouring Zaire, who provided military assistance to Roberto's forces.
	Experts agree that, like Mobutu, Roberto was on the CIA payroll for a number of years.

National Liberation Front of Angola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (714 words)
	The FNLA is today led by Holden Roberto, who founded the movement in the 1950s.
	Another fatal error was Roberto's long-held insistence on leading the resistance from the exile in the Congo-Zaire capital Leopoldville.
	The Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was Roberto's closest ally among African leaders, due to his anti-colonial and anti-communist stances.

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