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Graça Machel

Mozambican humanitarian activist and politician
Person Human Q239105

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[25]
Date of birth
October 17, 1945
Place of birth
Portuguese Mozambique
Country of citizenship
South Africa, Mozambique[8][9]
Occupation
teacher, politician, minister, social activist
Position held
First Lady of Mozambique, Minister of Education and Culture, First Lady of South Africa, Member of the Council of State of Mozambique[10]
Educated at
University of Lisbon, Nachingwea military camp[11][12]
Member of political party
FRELIMO[26]
Award received
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, North–South Prize, Nansen Refugee Award, honorary doctorate of Barcelona University, Honorary Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, Honorary doctor of Leiden University, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Spouse
Samora Moisés Machel, Nelson Mandela
Child
Josina Z. Machel[7]
Work location
Maputo, Johannesburg[29][30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[33]
Birth name
Graça Simbine[34]
Described by source
Dictionary of African Biography[31]
Family name
Machel[27]
Given name
Graça[28]
Member of
The Elders[23]
Number of children
+2[35]
Participant in
FII 5th Edition in Riyadh[32]
🏷️ Also known as
en Graça Machel en Graça Simbine Machel en Graça Simbine ar غراسا ماشيل cs Graça Machelová cs Graca Simbine cs Graca Machelová cs Graça Machel cs Graca Machel da Graca Marcel de Graça Simbine de Graça Simbine Machel el Γκράτσα Μαχέλ es Graca Machel fa گراسا ماچل fi Graca Machel fr Graca Machel fr Graca Machel-Mandela he גרסה מצ'ל ja グラサ・マシェル
🔖 Identifiers · 53
ISNI
0000000074186304
VIAF cluster ID
75572506
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n95911262
GND ID
1047740451
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Graça Machel.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
2102672
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
131805374
Bundestag Group Minutes ID
MachelGraca
CANTIC ID
981058514687106706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10473158
DBC author ID
87097919150666
Show all 53 identifiers +41
DUC ID
graca-machel
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1047740451
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Graca-Machel
FAST ID
371780
FemBio ID
32085
Film.ru person ID
graca-machel
Freebase ID
/m/034_v9
GTAA ID
128473
IMDb ID
nm2161537
IdRef ID
035305541
J9U entity ID
987007281665505171
JRC Names ID
10250
KBR person ID
14753120
Kinopoisk person ID
1683396
Kinorium person ID
1396910
Lex ID
Graca_Machel
LibraryThing author ID
machelgraca
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
03961/eu_m_0064/m0064
Munzinger person ID
00000029273
MusicBrainz artist ID
5cca5de5-49b6-4667-bc4f-4ad5dbaa655d
NDL Authority ID
00667238
National Library of Brazil ID
000311515
National Library of Chile ID
000822322
National Library of Greece ID
184171
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000513339
National Library of Portugal ID
1063984
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
238267318
OpenSanctions ID
Graça Machel
Our Campaigns candidate ID
49225
Parsifal cluster ID
347056
Prabook ID
611254
RERO ID (legacy)
A003545170
SBN author ID
PUVV313979
SNARC ID
Gerhard Hettner
TMDB person ID
1298189
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10574916
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058514687106706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1349412
WikiTree person ID
Simbine-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdx4xDXdf96ymrBw83vpP
Yale LUX ID
person/f2804751-1609-457a-b148-8b88315909ad

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🔗 Connections
Award received 6
Nansen Refugee Award, North–South Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child, honorary doctorate of Barcelona University, Honorary doctor of Leiden University
Occupation 4
teacher, politician, minister, social activist
Country of citizenship 2
South Africa, Mozambique
Spouse 2
Nelson Mandela, Samora Moisés Machel
Spouses 2
Nelson Mandela, Samora Moisés Machel
Work location 2
Johannesburg, Maputo
Child 1
Josina Z. Machel
Children (maternal) 1
Josina Z. Machel
Educated at 1
University of Lisbon
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
The Elders
Member of political party 1
FRELIMO
OpenSanctions ID 1
Graça Machel
Participated in 1
The Elders
Place of birth 1
Portuguese Mozambique
Sex or gender 1
female
← FactGrid item ID 1
Monmouth
← OpenSanctions ID 1
Graça Machel
← Substitute director/manager 1
The Elders
← Winner 1
Nansen Refugee Award
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Summary

Graça Machel was born on October 17, 1945[1], in Portuguese Mozambique[2]. She has worked as a teacher[3], politician[4], minister[5], and social activist[6].

FAQs

Where was Graça Machel born?

Graça Machel's place of birth was Portuguese Mozambique[2].

What did Graça Machel do for work?

Graça Machel worked as a teacher[3], politician[4], minister[5], and social activist[6].

Where did Graça Machel go to school?

Graça Machel was educated at University of Lisbon[11] and Nachingwea military camp[12].

What awards did Graça Machel receive?

Honors received include Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire[13], Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation[14], North–South Prize[15], and Nansen Refugee Award[16].

Related Entities

Graça Machel Maputo Mozambique Nelson Mandela Samora Moisés Machel South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Database of Cabinet Politics in Sub-Sahara Africa. wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . allafrica.com. Retrieved . allafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . Database of Cabinet Politics in Sub-Sahara Africa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . Database of Cabinet Politics in Sub-Sahara Africa. wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . ub.edu. ub.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . aasciences.africa. aasciences.africa. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . universiteitleiden.nl. universiteitleiden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . FII 5th Edition in Riyadh Program. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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