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  • NAME: Joseph Kasavubu
  • OCCUPATION: World Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: c. 1910
  • DEATH DATE: March 24, 1969
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Tshela, Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Boma, Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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Joseph Kasavubu was the first president of the independent Congo republic from 1960 to 1965, who shortly after independence ousted the Congo's first premier.


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In the 1950s, Joseph Kasavubu sought an independent Congo. He became president (1955) of Abako (Alliance des Ba-Kongo). In the Congo's first national elections in 1960, the Congo's first premier's party outpolled Abako, but neither side could form a parliamentary coalition. As a compromise they formed an uneasy partnership. Shortly after independence Kasavubu ousted him.

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