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Tshombé Moïse

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Tshombé Moïse

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Congolese politician and secessionist leader (1919–1969)

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Moïse Kapenda Tshombe (1919–1969) was a male politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Born in Musumba, he served as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was a member of the CONAKAT political party. He spoke French and was convicted of treason, with Kinshasa listed as his place of detention. He died in El Biar.

Tshombe is the author of several works, including *Mémoires de Moïse Tshombe*, *Documents remis par le chef de l'Etat du Katanga à la Conférence de Brazzaville du 15 au 19 décembre 1960*, *Quinze mois de gouvernement du Congo*, and *My fifteen months in government*. His writings have been associated with concepts in political science, government, business, geography, and philosophy.

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Works
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Top works

  • Mémoires de Moïse Tshombe
  • Documents remis par le chef de l'Etat du Katanga à la Conférence de Brazzaville du 15 au 19 décembre 1960
  • Quinze mois de gouvernement du Congo
  • My fifteen months in government

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Type
Person
Country
FR

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Works
2
Cited by
3

Research areas

Government (linguistics)Political scienceBusinessGeographyPhilosophy

Most cited works

  • My fifteen months in government1967 · 3 cit
  • Quinze mois de gouvernement du Congo1966 · 0 cit

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Key facts

President
Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Preceded by
Cyrille Adoula
Succeeded by
Évariste Kimba
Born
10 November 1919, Musumba , Belgian Congo
Died
29 June 1969 (1969-06-29) (aged 49), El Biar , Algiers , Algeria
Party
CONAKAT , CONACO

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Musumba
Place of death
El Biar
Occupation
politician
Languages spoken
French
Image
26.2.63. Moïse Tshombe arrive à Toulouse (1963) - 53Fi5440 (cropped).jpg
Convicted of
treason
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date of birth
1919-11-10
date of death
1969-06-29
Commons category
Moise Tshombe
name in native language
Moïse Kapenda Tshombe
place of detention
Kinshasa
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Encyclopedic overview

Moïse Kapenda Tshombe (sometimes written Tshombé; 10 November 1919 – 29 June 1969) was a Congolese businessman and politician. He served as the president of the secessionist State of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and as prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1964 to 1965.

Tshombe was born to an aristocratic Lunda family and ran several businesses in Katanga Province before becoming involved in politics, cofounding the pro-Western, anti-communist CONAKAT party in 1958 and advocating for autonomy for Katanga province. Following the country's accession to independence in June 1960, Tshombe became president of the autonomous province, and soon came into conflict with the central government's leftist prime minister, Patrice Lumumba. Accusing Lumumba of communist sympathies, Tshombe declared Katanga's independence as the breakaway State of Katanga, becoming a major actor of the Congo Crisis. Following Lumumba's overthrow and execution by Tshombe's supporters in 1961, the Katanga rebellion was suppressed in 1963, forcing Tshombe into exile.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tshombé Moïse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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