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Ahead of the first multiparty elections in 1992, FNLA was reorganized as a political party. FNLA received 2.4% of the votes and won five Members of Parliament. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Foreign support

Over the course of many years, the governments of Algeria, Ghana, Israel, France, Romania, the People's Republic of China, South Africa, the United States, and Zaire actively supported and aided the FNLA.

The French government supplied men and loaned 1 million pounds of sterling without interest.^[1][2] The U.S. government began aiding the FNLA in 1961 during the Kennedy administration, and rerouted one-third of official aid to Zaire to go to the FNLA and UNITA.^[1][3] JFK redirects here. ...

The Israeli government gave aid to the FNLA between 1963 and 1969. Holden Roberto visited Israel during the 1960s, and FNLA members were sent to Israel for training. During the 1970s the Israeli government shipped arms to the FNLA through Zaire.^[4] Politics of Israel comprises of several interwoven components: Laws Israels governmental system is based on several basic laws enacted by its unicameral parliament, the Knesset. ... 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). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

The People's Republic of China began supplying the FNLA with arms in 1964. It gave the FNLA military equipment and at least 112 military advisers.^[5] The Romanian government delivered arms to the FNLA in August 1974.^[6]

See also

• Luanda Trial

The Luanda Trial was a trial held in Luanda by the MPLA, recently victorious in the Angolan Civil War to try thirteen foreign mercenaries who had fought for its rival, the FNLA. Guilty verdicts for all or some of 130 separate offenses, released on June 28, 1976, resulted in the...

References

v • d • e Political parties in Angola
Major parties:	Liberal Democratic Party - National Liberation Front of Angola - National Union for the Total Independence of Angola -Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Minor parties:	Angolan Democratic Forum - Angolan National Democratic Party - Democratic Alliance of Angola - Democratic Party for Progress - Angolan National Alliance - Democratic Renewal Party - Party of the Alliance of Youth, Workers and Farmers of Angola - Social Democratic Party