Joaquim Alberto Chissano was the president of Mozambique from 1985 to 2005, he was born on 22th October 1939. He was the 2nd individual to hold the office of president after Mozambique had gained independence from Portugal on 25th June 1975. (Hanlon, 2009) His tenure as president has when viewed as largely successful based on he approaches to handling the various crises he was confronted with. Most notably his handling of the civil war and aftermath within Mozambique, which he managed to bring to an end and eventually shaped the future of the country at a time. After his tenure as president Joaquim still remains relatively active in the public eye with reference to the various articles he has written on such as his “Open letter to Africa’s
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This was due to the Marxist policies that the earlier Mozambican National Resistance government had implemented. (Mzumara, 2011) Also another reason was the civil war itself had destabilised productivity within the economy. (Mzumara, 2011) With regards to Joaquim’s leadership before the crisis may be deemed as being slightly Toxic leadership. This is because in being affiliated with the Mozambican National Resistance party it can be assumed that he supported the policies they imposed which ended up leaving the people in a far worse situation than they were before. (L.Philips, 2015) Which is a trait of a toxic leader, also he succeeded Samora Machel in becoming president of Mozambique following his death in 1985. At this time Mozambique was still a one party state which meant he ruled from 1985 to 1994 meaning he could be thought off as also being an autocratic leader because during this period he had no …show more content…
This is because in terms of “Edge,” Joaquim was on top of the issues of the economic crisis. The reason being the core source for the economic crisis were the pro Marxist polices implemented by the earlier government. So he had to make the tough choice of abolishing these policies which represented the core ideology of the ruling party. With regards to his execution, Joaquim was able abolish the Marxist policies and the ideology of his party. To add to this he was able to abolish the one party state in Mozambique which was one of the conditions for ending the civil war with the Mozambican National
This was due to the Marxist policies that the earlier Mozambican National Resistance government had implemented. (Mzumara, 2011) Also another reason was the civil war itself had destabilised productivity within the economy. (Mzumara, 2011) With regards to Joaquim’s leadership before the crisis may be deemed as being slightly Toxic leadership. This is because in being affiliated with the Mozambican National Resistance party it can be assumed that he supported the policies they imposed which ended up leaving the people in a far worse situation than they were before. (L.Philips, 2015) Which is a trait of a toxic leader, also he succeeded Samora Machel in becoming president of Mozambique following his death in 1985. At this time Mozambique was still a one party state which meant he ruled from 1985 to 1994 meaning he could be thought off as also being an autocratic leader because during this period he had no …show more content…
This is because in terms of “Edge,” Joaquim was on top of the issues of the economic crisis. The reason being the core source for the economic crisis were the pro Marxist polices implemented by the earlier government. So he had to make the tough choice of abolishing these policies which represented the core ideology of the ruling party. With regards to his execution, Joaquim was able abolish the Marxist policies and the ideology of his party. To add to this he was able to abolish the one party state in Mozambique which was one of the conditions for ending the civil war with the Mozambican National