Kasavubu, Joseph
Kasavubu, Joseph (1910–69) Congolese statesman. He became the first President (1960–65) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (called Zaïre from 1971 to 1997). He was a member of undercover nationalist associations to free the Congo of the Belgians. In 1955 he became President of Abako (Alliance des Bakongo), a cultural association of the Bakongo tribe, and turned it into a powerful political organization. On independence in 1960 he became Head of State. His Abako party formed a coalition with
LUMUMBA's party, and then ousted him as premier. In 1965 he himself was deposed from the Presidency by
MOBUTU in a bloodless military coup.
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Opening the Secret Files on Lumumba's Murder
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...payments to then-President Joseph Kasavubu four days before he ousted...including President Kasavubu, Mobutu (then army...Ndele, Senate President Joseph Ileo and labor leader...organized by Ndele) and Kasavubu's dismissal of Lumumba...
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West Virginia film festival: ; 'Lumumba' tells tragic story of African politics
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 11/8/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...1960, Lumumba outpolled Joseph Kasavubu (Maka Kotto) and his...an uneasy compromise, Kasavubu became president and...Two months later, Kasavubu removed Lumumba from...of military official Joseph Mobutu (Alex Descas...
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Chronology of Key Events in DRC
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/3/2002; 700+ words
; ...Lumumba as prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu as president. July 1960...secession. 1964 -- President Kasavubu appoints Tshombe prime minister. 1965 -- Kasavubu and Tshombe ousted in a coup led by Joseph Mobutu. 1971 -- Joseph Mobutu...
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HISTORY AS TRAGEDY : 'Lumumba'.
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 10/12/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...with the phlegmatic Joseph Kasavubu as president. The fiery...resources, Lumumba and Kasavubu reluctantly asked the...chief of staff, Colonel Joseph-Desire Mobutu, now...the Belgians persuaded Kasavubu to fire him, whereupon...
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'Lumumba' is nothing short of triumphant
Newspaper article from: Indianapolis Recorder; 8/3/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...to share duties with Joseph Kasavubu, a timid and temporizing...them from our memory." Kasavubu is shown squirming in his seat. In contrast to Kasavubu, you have two other...colonialism. One is the young Joseph Mobutu (Alex Descas...
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Los tesoros de kabila. (Laurent kabila, nuevo dictador de Zaire)(TT: Kabila's treasures) (TA: Laurent Kabila, Zaire's new dictator)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 5/19/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Lumumba, primer ministro junto al presidente Joseph Kasavubu, y de tendencias opuestas. Kasavubu, ms proocidental, responda a los intereses...septiembre de 1960, chocaron abiertamente Kasavubu y Lumumba, mientras un tercero, Moiss Tshomb...
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Key facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/29/2006; 700+ words
; ...independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960. Joseph Kasavubu was elected president by the parliament, and...minister. In 1965, the then Lieutenant General Joseph Mobutu overthrew Kasavubu in a coup and declared himself president. In...
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Tragic history.(CONGO)(politics)
Magazine article from: African Business; 2/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...was elected the country's first prime minister with Joseph Kasavubu as president. Lumumba utilised Soviet support, including...months Kasavubu removed Lumumba from office and army chief Joseph Mobutu, backed by Belgium and the US, saw his opportunity...
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A Troubled Past
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/31/2006; 411 words
; ...independence from Belgium on June 30. Joseph Kasavubu becomes president. Prime Minister Patrice...Sese Seko, then an army colonel named Joseph Mobutu, seizes power in a coup but returns Kasavubu to power. 1965 Mobutu seizes power in...
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Key Events in Congo's History
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/30/2006; 446 words
; ...independence from Belgium on June 30. Joseph Kasavubu becomes president. Prime Minister Patrice...Sese Seko, then an army colonel named Joseph Mobutu, seizes power in a coup but returns Kasavubu to power the following year. - 1965...
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Joseph Kasavubu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Joseph Kasavubu Joseph Kasavubu (ca. 1913-1969) was the first president of the Republic of the Congo and provided a continuous focus of power through the struggles of the former Belgian colony to independence. Joseph Kasavubu was born in the...
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Kasavubu, Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Kasavubu, Joseph (b. ?1910, d. 24 Mar. 1969). President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (later Zaïre) 1960–5...
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Mobutu Sese Seko 1930—
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...independence was formally declared on June 30, 1960, Joseph Kasavubu was president Patrice Lumumba his prime minister. They...demands by appointing a new chief of staff, Colonel Joseph-Desire Mobutu; and several noncommissioned officers...
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Patrice Emery Lumumba
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...municipal election that was won by Joseph Kasavubu's ABAKO. Lumumba's debut on...linguistic abilities—unlike Kasavubu or Moïse Tshombe, Lumumba...week before independence, and Kasavubu, leader of the Bakongo, became...
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Fulbert Youlou
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Youlou, who had previously extended his assistance to Joseph Kasavubu before the latter had become president of the former...until Tshombe's fall from power. Hamstrung by the Joseph Mobutu regime, Youlou slipped out of Kinshasa in early...
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