List of Famous people with last name Machel

Graça Machel

Graça Simbine
First Name Graça
Last Name Machel
Born on October 17, 1945 (age 79)
Born in Portugal

Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is the widow of both former presidents of Mozambique and South Africa; Mozambican president Samora Machel and South African president Nelson Mandela. Machel is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary British Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for her humanitarian work. She is the only woman in modern history to have served as First Lady of two countries, South Africa and Mozambique.

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Samora Moisés Machel

First Name Samora
Last Name Machel
Born on September 29, 1933
Died on October 19, 1986 (aged 53)
Born in Mozambique

Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican military commander and political leader. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975. Machel died in office in 1986 when his presidential aircraft crashed near the Mozambican-South African border.

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Josina Machel

First Name Josina
Born on August 10, 1945
Died on April 7, 1971 (aged 25)

Josina Abiathar Muthemba Machel was a leader of FRELIMO and a significant figure in the struggle for independence in Mozambique.

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