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Joachim Yhombi-Opango 🇨🇬

Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango (Known as "General Yhombi")
President of the Republic of the Congo (1977–1979), Prime Minister (1993–1996), General
Born 1939-01-12 🇨🇬 Fort-Rousset (Owando), Republic of the Congo
Passed Away 2020-03-30 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Lifespan 81 years old
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"Military discipline must always submit to the peace and constitutional survival of the homeland."

Archival Overview

Army general who succeeded Marien Ngouabi as President of the Congo (1977–1979) and later served as Prime Minister under Pascal Lissouba during the democratic transition of the 1990s.

Biographical Record

Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango was born on January 12, 1939, in Owando. Educated at the Saint-Cyr military academy in France, Yhombi-Opango rose rapidly through the Congolese army, serving as Army Chief of Staff under Marien Ngouabi.

Following Ngouabi's assassination in March 1977, General Yhombi-Opango was named Head of State and President of the Republic by the Military Committee of the Party (CMP). Ousted in 1979 by Denis Sassou Nguesso, he later founded the RDD party in 1990, serving as Prime Minister from 1993 to 1996 under President Pascal Lissouba, striving to de-escalate factional urban violence.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Owando Municipal Cemetery
Owando, Cuvette, Republic of the Congo
GPS: -0.4800, 15.9000
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