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'''Lúcio Rodrigo Leite Barreto de Lara''' (9 April 1929 – 27 February 2016), also known by the pseudonym '''Tchiweka''', was a [[mathematical physics|physicist-mathematician]], politician, professor, anti-colonial ideologist and one of the founding members (and president) of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). He served as General Secretary of the [[MPLA]] during the [[Angolan War of Independence]] and [[Angolan Civil War]].<ref name="a">{{Cite book|last=Sellström|first=Tor|url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-242|title=Sweden and national liberation in Southern Africa Vol. 1, Formation of a popular opinion (1950-1970)|publisher=Nordiska Afrikainstitutet|year=1999|isbn=91-7106-430-3|location=Uppsala|pages=378|oclc=41157147}}</ref> Lara, a founding member of the [[MPLA]], led the first MPLA members into [[Luanda]] on 8 November 1974. He swore in [[Agostinho Neto]] as the first [[President of Angola|president of the country]].
He was acting president of Angola for ten days, from 10 September 1979 to 20 September 1979, briefly leading the country between the death of [[Agostinho Neto]] and the [[inauguration]] of [[José Eduardo dos Santos]].{{fact|date=April 2024}} He was a member of the Angolan parliament from independence until
He was the main ideologist and thinker of Angola's [[self-determination]], as well as an important theorist of [[Marxism]],<ref name="Pereira 2016"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ao/noticias/detalhes.php?id=353107 |title=O adeus de um grande lutador de África|publisher=Jornal de Angola|date=
11 March 2016}}</ref> being one of the biggest names in the country in the 20th century.<ref name="Silva et. al 2023">{{cite book|author=Silva, Berthler J. C. da; Domingos, Noé; Januário, João M.; Franciso, Osvaldo P.; Pedro, Samuel S.. |title=As Principais Ideias Políticas Durante as Guerras de Libertação e Formação dos Estados Nacionais (Angola)|publisher=University of Belas |date=2023 |location=Luanda}}</ref><ref name="Carlos 2004">{{cite web|url=https://dw.angonet.org/wp-content/uploads/2004_semanario_angolense_0.pdf|title=Fenómeno de «escuridão» é mais abrangente do que se pensa: O ocaso dos brancos e mestiços|author=Severino Carlos|publisher=Semanário Angolense|date=18 December 2004}}</ref>
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