Kasavubu biography

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Kasavubu biography

School period Add photo. Career Add photo. Achievements Add photo. Membership Add photo. Awards Add photo. Other Photos Add photo. Connections Add photo. Joseph Kasa-Vubu also known as Joseph Kasavubu. By the time of the Congo's independence, on June 30, , Kasa-Vubu was one of the two most important nationalist leaders; the other was Patrice Lumumba, head of a more radical party and the only one with nation-wide strength.

Under a constitution that divided executive power, Kasa-Vubu became president, and Lumumba, whose party had a plurality in parliament, became premier. A few days later an army mutiny, Belgian military intervention, and the Belgian-backed secession of mineral-rich Katanga now Shaba caused governmental authority to collapse. Kasa-Vubu and Lumumba obtained UN aid, but it was ineffective.

When Lumumba requested Soviet aid, Kasa-Vubu dismissed him as premier and supported the pro-Western army coup under which Joseph Mobutu took over the government, and parliament was adjourned. After the unexplained murder of Lumumba in February , Kasa-Vubu gained strength. In he supported Moise Tshombe, rebellious leader of Katanga Province, for premier, in the hope of strengthening national unity.

Later that year, Kasa-Vubu was ousted by a military coup led by Mobutu. He briefly studied to become a priest and later worked as a teacher and a government official. In , Kasa-Vubu became president of the Alliance of the Bakongo People Abako , a cultural and social organization that aimed to establish an independent Bakongo state. After political unrest in , Abako became a political party.

Upon Congo's independence in , Kasa-Vubu became the president and Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister. Kasa-Vubu's role in Congolese history has been overshadowed in literature by Lumumba and Mobutu. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikidata item.

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