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Christophe Gbenye 🇨🇩

Christophe Gbenye (Known as "Gbenye")
Minister of the Interior of DRC (1960), President of the People's Republic of the Congo
Born 1927-01-01 🇨🇩 Bas-Uélé, Congo
Passed Away 2015-02-03 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lifespan 88 years old
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"The dignity of the Congolese people cannot be bought by foreign mining corporations; Lumumba's dream will endure."

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Leading Lumumbist political leader who served as Minister of the Interior in Patrice Lumumba's first government (1960) and later headed the revolutionary CNL and People's Republic at Stanleyville in 1964.

Biographical Record

Christophe Gbenye was born in Bas-Uélé in 1927. A key lieutenant in Patrice Lumumba's Mouvement National Congolais (MNC), Gbenye was appointed Minister of the Interior upon Congolese independence in June 1960.

Following the assassination of Lumumba, Gbenye formed the Comité National de Libération (CNL) in Brazzaville. In 1964, CNL forces seized Stanleyville (now Kisangani), proclaiming the People's Republic of the Congo with Gbenye as President. After the collapse of the rebellion, he endured exile before returning to Kinshasa, participating in the 1990s Sovereign National Conference.

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Final Resting Place

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Kinkole Cemetery
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
GPS: -4.3310, 15.4850
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