14 Facts About Daviz Simango

Daviz Mbepo Simango was a Mozambican politician who was Mayor of Beira from 2003 to the day of his death in February 2021.

Daviz Simango was the President of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique.

Daviz Simango was son of Uria Timoteo Simango the first Vice-President of FRELIMO and Celina Tapua Simango.

Daviz Simango joined the main opposition party RENAMO in 1997 and became Mayor of Beira in 2003 as its candidate.

Daviz Simango was born in 1964 to parents Uria Timoteo Simango and Celina Tapua Simango, and grew up in Beira, Mozambique.

Daviz Simango was raised by relatives after his parents were executed in a reeducation camp in northern Mozambique for their status as dissidents within the Mozambican ruling party.

Daviz Simango ran for and was elected mayor of Beira, a major Mozambican city on the Indian Ocean, in 2003.

Daviz Simango was re-elected as mayor every election cycle and served continually until his death in 2021.

In 2009, Daviz Simango left RENAMO after party leaders did not nominate him as the party's candidate for mayor.

Daviz Simango was the MDM candidate in the 28 October 2009 presidential election.

Daviz Simango was the MDM candidate in the 15 October 2014 Mozambican presidential election.

Daviz Simango was the MDM candidate in the 15 October 2019 Mozambican presidential election.

Daviz Simango died on 22 February 2021, fifteen days after his birthday.

Daviz Simango flew to Johannesburg for medical care on 13 February 2021 and died nine days later of complications of COVID-19 and diabetes.