MPLA

The  People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, for some years called the  People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party ( Portuguese:  Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola – Partido do Trabalho ), is a  political party that has ruled  Angola since the country's independence from  Portugal in 1975. The MPLA fought against the  Portuguese army in the  Angolan War of Independence of 1961–74, and defeated the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA) and the  National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), two other anti-colonial movements, in the decolonization conflict of 1974–75 and the Angolan Civil War of 1975–2002.