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| 1956 | Angolan Communist Party Andrade, Joaquim |  |
| The PLUA merges with the PCA to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) |
| 1956 | Angolan Communist Party Andrade, M rio Pinto de | |
| The PLUA merges with the PCA to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) |
| 1956 | Invasion of Anglola Neto, Antonio Agostinho | |
| Attempts a failed offensive from on Angola from Zambia |
| 1956 | MPLA Andrade, Joaquim | |
| The PLUA merges with the PCA to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) |
| 1956 | MPLA Cruz, Viriato da | |
| The Angolan Communist Party (PCA) merges with the Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola (PLUA) to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola with Viriato da Cruz, the President of the PCA, as Secretary General |
| The Angolan Communist Party (PCA) merges with the Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola (PLUA) to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola with Viriato da Cruz, the President of the PCA, as Secretary General |
| The MPLA, led by da Cruz, M rio Andrade, Ilidio Machado, and L£cio Lara, derives support from the Mbundu people and in Luanda |
| 1956 | MPLA Neto, Antonio Agostinho | |
| Movimento popular de Libertacao de Angola, a Marxist rival to the UPA |
| The Angolan Communist Party (PCA) merges with the Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola (PLUA) to form the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola with Viriato da Cruz, the President of the PCA, as Secretary General |
| The MPLA was founded in 1956 as a Marxist party with a strong following in the Angolan capital, Luanda, it is first led by Antonio Neto |
| 1956 | UNITA Roberto, Holden Alvaro | |
| The original mission of the FNLA, officially formed under the leadership of Holden Roberto is to restore the home of the ethnic Bakongo people in northern Angola and southern Zaire, known as the "Kongo Kingdom" |
| 1956 | UNITA Savimbi, Jonas | |
| Founds the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, based on the Ovimbundu |
