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Joachim Yhombi-Opango

1939 - 2020

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Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango (12 January 1939 – 30 March 2020) was a Congolese politician. He was an army officer who became Congo-Brazzaville's first general and served as Head of State of the People's Republic of the Congo from 1977 to 1979. He was the President of the Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD), a political party, and served as Prime Minister from 1993 to 1996. He was in exile from 1997 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joachim Yhombi-Opango is the 9,880th most popular politician (up from 9,903rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Republic of the Congo (down from 7th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Congolese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joachim Yhombi-Opango ranks 9,880 out of 19,576Before him are Jaba Ioseliani, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Emperor Xiaowu of Jin, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Princess Wanda, and Eddie Fenech Adami. After him are Seán MacBride, Minamoto no Yoshiie, Ye Wanyong, Moustafa Madbouly, Andragoras, and Adama Barrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Joachim Yhombi-Opango ranks 187Before him are Donald Adamson, Ignacio Zoco, Silvana Armenulić, Wendy Carlos, Giulio Angioni, and Brenda Vaccaro. After him are Vladimir Durković, Takako Shimazu, Glauber Rocha, Yves Meyer, Carlos do Carmo, and Jorge Paulo Lemann. Among people deceased in 2020, Joachim Yhombi-Opango ranks 196Before him are Earl Cameron, Myroslav Skoryk, Philippe Nahon, Zizi Jeanmaire, Jean Raspail, and Sisavath Keobounphanh. After him are Pietro Anastasi, Muhammad Mustafa Mero, Fernando Solanas, Ang Rita, Harry Gregg, and Lee Konitz.

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In Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Republic of the Congo, Joachim Yhombi-Opango ranks 8 out of 21Before him are Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910), Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), Marien Ngouabi (1938), Fulbert Youlou (1917), and Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921). After him are Clément Mouamba (1943), Patience Dabany (1941), Alfred Raoul (1938), Djimrangar Dadnadji (1954), Emmanuel Nadingar (1951), and Isidore Mvouba (1954).

Among POLITICIANS In Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Republic of the Congo, Joachim Yhombi-Opango ranks 8Before him are Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910), Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), Marien Ngouabi (1938), Fulbert Youlou (1917), and Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921). After him are Clément Mouamba (1943), Alfred Raoul (1938), Djimrangar Dadnadji (1954), Emmanuel Nadingar (1951), and Isidore Mvouba (1954).