Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO).

The Mozambique Liberation Front is a military and political group active in the southeastern African country of Mozambique. The group is also known as FRELIMO (an acronym for its Portuguese title, Frente de Libertação Moçambique). As a primarily military unit, FRELIMO participated in the movement for Mozambican independence in the 1960s and 1970s. After Mozambique gained its independence from Portuguese colonization in 1975, FRELIMO took on a more political nature, with its leaders helping to establish and govern the country. A succession of leaders closely associated with FRELIMO have served as presidents and other high officers in Mozambique into the twenty-first century, despite sometimes spirited opposition. In that way, FRELIMO has become an integral part of Mozambican politics, society, and history.