| Conventional Long Name: | Democratic People's Republic of Angola |
| Native Name: | Portuguese: República Popular Democrática de Angola |
| Status: | Unrecognized government. |
| Flag Type: | Flag |
| P1: | Overseas Province of Angola1975: |
| Flag P1: | Flag of Portugal.svg |
| P2: | People's Republic of Angola 1979: |
| Flag P2: | Flag of Angola.svg |
| S1: | People's Republic of Angola 1976: |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Angola.svg |
| S2: | People's Republic of Angola 2002: |
| Flag S2: | Flag of Angola.svg |
| Image Map Caption: | The greatest territorial extent controlled by UNITA |
| Life Span: | 1975–1976 1979–2002 |
| Capital: | Huambo (de jure) Jamba (de facto) |
| Common Languages: | Portuguese |
| Government Type: | Unitary two-party diarchic provisional government (1975–1976) Unitary one-party socialist provisional government (1979–1992) Unitary provisional government (1992–2002) |
| Title Leader: | Co-president |
| Leader1: | Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi |
| Year Leader1: | 1975 - 1976 |
| Title Deputy: | President |
| Deputy1: | Jonas Savimbi |
| Deputy2: | Paulo Lukamba Gato |
| Year Deputy1: | 1979–2002 |
| Year Deputy2: | 2002 |
| Era: | Cold War |
| Event Pre: | RPDA proclaimed |
| Date Pre: | 11 November 1975 |
| Event Start: | RPDA suppressed |
| Date Start: | 11 February 1976 |
| Event1: | RPDA reestablished |
| Date Event1: | 1979 |
| Event2: | RPDA dissolution |
| Date Event2: | 4 April 2002 |
| Today: | Angola |
The Democratic People's Republic of Angola, also referred to as Free Angola [1] [2] or the Free Land of Angola,[3] was a rival government to that of the People's Republic of Angola during the nation's civil war.
It was declared by the FNLA and UNITA in the city of Huambo. It was formed during the dawn of Angolan independence, in November 1975, though by February 1976, its FNLA forces had been largely defeated by the MPLA of the People's Republic of Angola.[4] The Democratic People's Republic, at first, was inspired by Maoism and the Chinese Revolution, including an explicit mention of the construction of socialism in its program, but later moved towards anti-communist positions.[5] It was initially supported by the People's Republic of China and, later, by South Africa and United States.[6]