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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...
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  • Kasa-Vubu is a Congolese name which may refer to: Joseph Kasa-Vubu, the first President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Justine Kasa-Vubu, a Congolese...
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  • Justine M'Poyo Kasa-Vubu (born 14 April 1951[citation needed]) is a Congolese politician and leader of a small political party, the Movement of the Congolese...
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    Kasa-Vubu is a municipality (commune) in the Funa district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Along with Kalamu, it...
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  • On 5 September 1960 President Joseph Kasa-Vubu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo) dismissed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba...
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  • the Democratic Republic of the Congo by General Joseph Mobutu which overthrew President Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Evariste Kimba. The coup was...
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    minister by Congolese president, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, on 5 September 1960. He held the post until 20 September 1960. Under Kasa-Vubu's successor, Justin Marie Bomboko...
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    Albert Kalonji, Joseph Iléo, Cyrille Adoula, and Justin Bomboko. Kasa-Vubu was slow to come to a final decision. On 18 June 1960, Kasa-Vubu announced that...
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  • village in northern Sweden Kasa District, Kyoto, a district in Kyoto, Japan Kasa Khurd, a village in Maharashtra, India Kasa-Vubu (commune), a district in...
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    convened in an extraordinary session under the chairmanship of President Joseph Kasa-Vubu at Camp Léopold II to address the task of Africanising the garrison...
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    Congolese government and led to an impasse between Lumumba and President Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Mobutu, at that time Lumumba's chief military aide and a lieutenant-colonel...
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    Republic of the Congo under Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and President Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Poor relations between political factions within the Congo, the continued...
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    movement quickly emerged, led by figures such as Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Fears that the situation might turn violent led the Belgian government...
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    of Patrice Lumumba, who had been ousted from power in 1960 by Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Joseph-Désiré Mobutu and subsequently killed in January 1961 in Katanga...
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  • Baluba of the Katanga (BALUBAKAT) party. On 13 October 1965 President Joseph Kasa-Vubu dismissed Tshombe and appointed Kimba Prime Minister. Kimba formed...
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    President Kasa-Vubu and replaced by Évariste Kimba. In November, General Joseph Mobutu, who had just staged a successful coup against Kasa-Vubu, brought...
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    parliamentary elections, and Lumumba was appointed prime minister. Joseph Kasa-Vubu of ABAKO was elected president by the parliament. Other parties that...
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    Joseph Kabila Kabange (/kæˈbiːlə/ kab-EE-lə, French: [ʒozɛf kabila]; born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic...
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    Congolese political party, founded by Edmond Nzeza Nlandu, but headed by Joseph Kasa-Vubu, which emerged in the late 1950s as vocal opponent of Belgian colonial...
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    shape, including: Grassroots activism around popular figures like Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Patrice Lumumba The Léopoldville riots in January 1959, the worsening...
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    minister of the new Republic of the Congo. In September, President Joseph Kasa-Vubu dismissed Lumumba and Gizenga from their positions for the former's...
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  • tie, flourishing the sword while Baudouin and Congolese President Joseph Kasa-Vubu appear unaware of the incident. Further photographs taken by Lebeck...
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    elected by Provincial Assembly members, and the two chambers elected Joseph Kasa-Vubu of ABAKO as president after some days of turmoil. Colonial rule in...
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  • Soviet-backed Simba rebels. Following the end of the Congo Crisis in 1965, Joseph Kasa-Vubu was deposed and Mobutu seized complete power of the country and then...
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    on June 30, 1960. Though the nation had elected officials including Joseph Kasa-Vubu as president, Patrice Lumumba as prime minister, and various bodies...
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    signed by, among others Patrice Lumumba, Cyrille Adoula and Joseph Iléo. Joseph Kasa-Vubu notably refused to sign, accusing the party of being too moderate...
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  • was fired by President Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Lumumba challenged the action and a political impasse ensued. On 14 September Joseph-Désiré Mobutu launched a...
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    followed, four days after the Congo gained independence. While President Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba were trying to negotiate with the...
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    was a factor in Tshombe's loss of support from President of Congo Joseph Kasa-Vubu, who later dismissed him from his position. During this period, Bob...
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    the Republic of the Congo, on 24 June 1960. The parliament elected Joseph Kasa-Vubu as president, of the Alliance des Bakongo (ABAKO) party. Other parties...
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