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Moïse Tshombe

1919 - 1969

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moïse Tshombe has received more than 705,133 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Moïse Tshombe is the 3,137th most popular politician (down from 2,957th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo and the 4th most popular Congolese Politician.

Moïse Tshombe was a Congolese politician who was the President of the Katanga Province during the Congo Crisis.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Moïse Tshombe ranks 3,137 out of 19,576. Before him are Emilio Aguinaldo, Jehoahaz of Israel, Antiochus V Eupator, Mojmir I of Moravia, Isabella II of Jerusalem, and Occhiali. After him are Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Emperor Cheng of Han, Louis II of Anjou, Polyxena, and Maurice, Elector of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Moïse Tshombe ranks 31. Before him are Dino De Laurentiis, Lex Barker, Oleg Penkovsky, Boris Shcherbina, Iris Murdoch, and Andreas Papandreou. After him are Leon Festinger, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, César Manrique, James M. Buchanan, James Lovelock, and Mordechai Anielewicz. Among people deceased in 1969, Moïse Tshombe ranks 29. Before him are Princess Alice of Battenberg, Dominique Pire, Witold Gombrowicz, Arthur Friedenreich, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and Joseph Kasa-Vubu. After him are Josef von Sternberg, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Alexandra David-Néel, B. Traven, Sonja Henie, and Enrique Ballestrero.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Moïse Tshombe ranks 4 out of 107. Before him are Patrice Lumumba (1925), Mobutu Sese Seko (1930), and Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939). After him are Denis Mukwege (1955), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Antoine Gizenga (1925), Joseph Kabila (1971), Claude Makélélé (1973), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Simon Kimbangu (1887), and Papa Wemba (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Moïse Tshombe ranks 4. Before him are Patrice Lumumba (1925), Mobutu Sese Seko (1930), and Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939). After him are Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Antoine Gizenga (1925), Joseph Kabila (1971), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930), Joseph Iléo (1921), Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), and Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962).

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