Armando Emílio Guebuza is a Mozambican

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

 politician

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 and the President of Mozambique since 2005.
Armando Emílio Guebuza was born in 20 January 1943 in Portuguese East Africa

Portuguese East Africa

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. Guebuza is a former member of FRELIMO's (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique - Mozambique Liberation Front) Politburo

Politburo

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 and served briefly as part of a 10-member collective head of state

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 after the unexpected death of Samora Machel

Samora Machel

Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary socialist leader and eventual President of Mozambique...

 in 1986.

Guebuza was born in northern Mozambique.