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Also Known As Moise-Kapenda Tshombe
Born November 10, 1919
Died June 29, 1969 (aged 49) • Algiers • Algeria
Title / Office prime minister (1964-1965), Democratic Republic of the Congo • president (1960-1963), Katanga

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Kasavubu
Joseph Kasavubu
president of Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba
Congolese politician
Joseph Kabila
Joseph Kabila
president of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko
president of Zaire
Laurent Kabila
president of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Étienne Tshisekedi
prime minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Msiri
African ruler
Sony Labou Tansi
Congolese [Brazzaville] writer
Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Denis Sassou-Nguesso
president of Republic of the Congo
Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou
Congolese author
Tchicaya U Tam’si
Congolese poet