| Intro | Co-founder of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola |
| Was |
Military personnel Politician Founder |
| From | Angola |
| Type |
Business Military Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
23 February 1935 |
| Death |
23 February 2008 |
| Star sign | Pisces |
| Politics | People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola |
Gentil Ferreira Viana (23 February 1935 – 2008) founded, among others separatist leaders, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). In 1974, he and Joaquim Pinto de Andrade broke away from the MPLA and formed the Activa Revolt; the two men died on the same day in 2008.