Henrique N'zita Tiago
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Henrique N'zita Tiago (14 July 1927[1] – 3 June 2016)[2][3] was a commander of the Armed Forces of Cabinda, a rebel guerrilla group that fights for the independence of Cabinda from Angola.[4] He died in Paris on 3 June 2016.[2][5] It was reported that Tiago was 88 years old when he died, and that he was buried in France.[6][5]
Henrique N'zita Tiago | |
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N'zita in 2011 | |
| Commander of the Armed Forces of Cabinda | |
| In office 1969 – 3 June 2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel N'zita |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1927 Cabinda, Portuguese Angola |
| Died | 3 June 2016 (aged 88) Paris, France |
| Political party | FLEC |
| Children | Emmanuel N'zita, Antoine N'zita, Jean-Claude N'zita |
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He was born on July 14, 1927,[1] at the mission of San Jose de Luali in the region of Dinge,[7] or in Mboma Lubinda,[3] Cabinda, into a modest family.[7]
In 1963, he co-founded the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), a political organization that fought, at the time, against Portuguese colonial rule.[2] Because he was part of the FLEC, he was arrested in 1970 by the colonial PIDE.[8] He served his sentence in the São Nicolau jail in Bentiaba.[9] He was released in 1974, opened a FLEC office in Tchiowa, the capital of Cabinda;[9] and a year later, he was appointed chairman of the FLEC.[10]
Upon learning that the Portuguese government was planning to include Cabinda as part of Angola, N'zita started an armed conflict against Angola's pro-independence armed groups.[3] His intransigent position in negotiations on the status of Cabinda, opting solely for military means, caused FLEC to fragment into different factions.[9]
He went into exile to France.[5] N'zita died in Paris on June 3, 2016.[2][3] His funeral was on June 10.[6] Upon his death, his son, Emmanuel N'zita, succeeded him as Commander of the Armed Forces of Cabinda a few days later.[11][2]
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