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Joseph Kasavubu

c. 1915–1969 · 20th century · Also known as Joseph Kasa-Vubu

Joseph Kasavubu was the first president of the Republic of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), from independence in 1960 to 1965. As leader of ABAKO, a party of the Bakongo, he campaigned for independence. In office he clashed with prime minister Patrice Lumumba, and he was deposed in Joseph-Désiré Mobutu's coup of November 1965.

Joseph Kasavubu
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Belgian Congo

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