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Joseph Kasa-Vubu

1910 - 1969

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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 Republic of the Congo (the Republic of the Congo until 1964) from 1960 until 1965. A member of the Kongo ethnic group, Kasa-Vubu became the leader of the Alliance des Bakongo (ABAKO) party in the 1950s and soon became a leading proponent of Congo's independence from Belgian colonial rule. He then became the country's first president in a coalition with Patrice Lumumba as prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Kasa-Vubu has received more than 624,192 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Kasa-Vubu is the 2,888th most popular politician (up from 3,288th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Republic of the Congo and the 2nd most popular Congolese Politician.

Joseph Kasa-Vubu was the first president of the Republic of the Congo. He served as president from 1960 to 1963, and again from 1965 to 1967. He was the first president of the Republic of the Congo, serving from 1960 to 1963 and again from 1965 to 1967.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 2,888 out of 19,576. Before him are Jill Biden, Emperor Ming of Han, Isabella Jagiellon, Ptolemy of Mauretania, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, and Gustav Radbruch. After him are Mentuhotep III, John I Albert, Rayhana bint Zayd, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Ashraf Ghani, and Violant of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 35. Before him are Michel Aflaq, Samuel Barber, Kurt Meyer, Jean Anouilh, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and William Hanna. After him are William Shockley, Robert van Gulik, Benzion Netanyahu, Meša Selimović, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, and Diosdado Macapagal. Among people deceased in 1969, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 28. Before him are Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Dominique Pire, Witold Gombrowicz, Arthur Friedenreich, and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.. After him are Moïse Tshombe, Josef von Sternberg, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Alexandra David-Néel, B. Traven, and Sonja Henie.

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In Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 2 out of 21. Before him are Denis Sassou Nguesso (1943). After him are Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), Marien Ngouabi (1938), Fulbert Youlou (1917), Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939), Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921), Patience Dabany (1941), Alfred Raoul (1938), Clément Mouamba (1943), and Serge Ibaka (1989).

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Among POLITICIANS In Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kasa-Vubu ranks 2. Before him are Denis Sassou Nguesso (1943). After him are Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), Marien Ngouabi (1938), Fulbert Youlou (1917), Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939), Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921), Alfred Raoul (1938), Clément Mouamba (1943), Djimrangar Dadnadji (1954), and Isidore Mvouba (1954).

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