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Joseph Kasa-Vubu

1910 - 1969

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Joseph Kasa-Vubu, alternatively Joseph Kasavubu, (c. 1915 – 24 March 1969) was a Congolese politician who served as the first President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Republic of the Congo until 1964) from 1960 until 1965. A member of the Kongo ethnic group, Kasa-Vubu became the leader of the Bakongo Association (ABAKO) party in the 1950s and soon became a leading proponent of Congo's independence from Belgian colonial rule. He forged an unlikely coalition between his regionalist and conservative ABAKO party and Patrice Lumumba's left-wing nationalist Congolese National Movement (MNC) party, offering support in the government. In the agreement, he received support from the Lumumbists in the Senate and the National Assembly, and was elected president of the Republic in 1960 with Lumumba as prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Kasa-Vubu is the 3,279th most popular politician (down from 2,888th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Republic of the Congo and the 2nd most popular Congolese Politician.

Joseph Kasa-Vubu was the first president of the Republic of the Congo. He served as president from 1960 to 1963, and again from 1965 to 1967. He was the first president of the Republic of the Congo, serving from 1960 to 1963 and again from 1965 to 1967.

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Among politicians, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 3,279 out of 19,576. Before him are Liuvigild, Albert of Saxony, Abdulla Yameen, Canute V of Denmark, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Amenemhat I. After him are Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Ajax the Lesser, Felipe González, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Yitzhak Navon, and Chryseis.

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Among people born in 1910, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 40. Before him are Samuel Barber, William Shockley, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Edda Mussolini, Jean Anouilh, and Benzion Netanyahu. After him are Nathuram Godse, Tjalling Koopmans, Luise Rainer, António de Spínola, Pierre Schaeffer, and Ne Win. Among people deceased in 1969, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 35. Before him are Levi Eshkol, Otto Dix, Moïse Tshombe, Arthur Friedenreich, Witold Gombrowicz, and Sonja Henie. After him are Abdirashid Shermarke, Josef von Sternberg, Alexandra David-Néel, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Vito Genovese, and Wacław Sierpiński.

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In Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 2 out of 21. Before him are Denis Sassou Nguesso (1943). After him are Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), Marien Ngouabi (1938), Fulbert Youlou (1917), Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921), Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939), Clément Mouamba (1943), Patience Dabany (1941), Alfred Raoul (1938), and Djimrangar Dadnadji (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 2. Before him are Denis Sassou Nguesso (1943). After him are Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), Marien Ngouabi (1938), Fulbert Youlou (1917), Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921), Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939), Clément Mouamba (1943), Alfred Raoul (1938), Djimrangar Dadnadji (1954), and Emmanuel Nadingar (1951).

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