Kasavubu, Joseph
Kasavubu, Joseph ( 1910 – 69 )Congolese statesman. He became the first President ( 1960 – 65 ) of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 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 ...
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