List of heads of state of Mozambique

President of the Republic of Mozambique
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Incumbent Filipe Nyusi since 15 January 2015
Residence	Palácio da Ponta Vermelha, Maputo
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Samora Machel
Formation	25 June 1975

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The following is a list of heads of state of Mozambique, since the establishment of the office of President in 1975.

Presidents of Mozambique (1975–Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
People's Republic of Mozambique	Independence from Portugal
(República Popular de Moçambique)
25 June 1975 to 19 October 1986		Samora Moisés Machel, President	FRELIMO	Died in an aircraft crash
19 October 1986	Presidency suspended
19 October 1986 to 6 November 1986	Political Bureau of the Central Committee of FRELIMO:-
		Marcelino dos Santos	FRELIMO
		Joaquim Chissano	FRELIMO
		Alberto Chipande	FRELIMO
		Armando Guebuza	FRELIMO
		Jorge Rebelo	FRELIMO
		Mariano de Araújo Matsinhe	FRELIMO
		Sebastião Marcos Mabote	FRELIMO
		Jacinto Soares Veloso	FRELIMO
		Mário da Graça Machungo	FRELIMO
		José Óscar Monteiro	FRELIMO
6 November 1986 to 1 December 1990		Joaquim Chissano, President	FRELIMO
Republic of Mozambique
(República de Moçambique)
1 December 1990 to 2 February 2005		Joaquim Chissano, President	FRELIMO
2 February 2005 to 15 January 2015		Armando Guebuza, President	FRELIMO
15 January 2015 to Present		Filipe Nyusi, President	FRELIMO

Affiliations

FRELIMO = Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Liberation Front of Mozambique, authoritarian/socialist, renounces Marxism–Leninism 30 July 1989)
RENAMO = Resistencia Nacional Moçambicana (Mozambican National Resistance)

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See also

• Colonial Heads of Mozambique
• Heads of Government of Mozambique
• Heads of the National Resistance Government of Mozambique

External links

• World Statesmen - Mozambique

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Presidents of Mozambique Samora Machel (Political Bureau of the Central Committee of FRELIMO) Joaquim Chissano Armando Guebuza Filipe Nyusi