About the Speaker
Venâncio
Mondlane
Mozambican democratic opposition leader
Venâncio Mondlane is Mozambique’s main opposition leader and is considered the legitimate winner of October’s fraudulent presidential elections. Since then, he has led the country’s largest-ever movement contesting election rigging. A writer, political analyst, and former lawmaker, he has inspired a popular people’s movement seeking democratic change and a break from 50 years of rule of the governing FRELIMO party.