Ilídio Machado


Ilídio Tomé Alves Machado co-founded the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola with Viriato da Cruz, Mário Pinto de Andrade, and Lúcio Lara on December 10, 1956. He served as the MPLA's first President from 1956 until his arrest in 1959. Agostinho Neto replaced him. Born in Novo Redondo, Machado is a member of the Kimbundu tribe.