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Lumumba from his position as prime minister. Gbenye was also dismissed, and he retired to Stanleyville where he enjoyed political support. Lumumba's eventual arrest and execution in January 1961 deeply angered Gbenye, though he did briefly return to his position as interior minister under
33:
682:. Assistance was sought from the Soviet Union in the form of equipment and training. In 1964, under the leadership of Gbenye, Mulele and Soumialot, much of the eastern Congo was overrun by young rebel fighters who called themselves
635:(MNC-L) in the late 1950s, and became a prominent leader of the party by 1959. Lumumba appointed him minister of the interior in the first Congolese parliament in 1960 following independence. In September, President
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694:(modern Kisangani). By late 1965 the rebellion had been suppressed by the Congo's central government, under the tacit control of
644:'s coalition government. He replaced Lumumba as president of the MNC-L. However, Gbenye was seen as a political liability by the
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Confrontation of Cuban Military Forces, 1960-1967
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907:"Congo begins its "second independence" | Radio Netherlands Worldwide"
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686:(lions). Gbenye served as President of the People's Republic of the Congo (
618:. He later served as the vice president of the eastern Congo branch of the
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which in 1951 became the
Confederation of Free Trade Unions of the Congo.
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Deputy prime ministers of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Secretary of State for
Economic Coordination and Planning
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Secretary of State for
Information and Cultural Affairs
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municipal government's finance department and became a
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Democratic
Republic of the Congo expatriates in Uganda
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21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people
827:Kisangani, Emizet Francois; Bobb, Scott F. (2009).
893:Institute of International Politics and Economics
878:
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806:. Vol. 6. OUP USA. 2012. pp. 438–439.
698:, and Gbenye and others soon fled the country.
1186:Minister of Economic Coordination and Planning
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780:City Politics: A Study of Léopoldville 1962–63
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44:Minister of the Interior of Congo-LĂ©opoldville
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1517:Secretary of State for External Commerce
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1696:Democratic Republic of the Congo exiles
1676:Democratic Republic of the Congo rebels
1134:Minister-Delegate to the United Nations
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932:Itimbiri ya Sika, 5th of February 2015
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1565:Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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123:Democratic Republic of the Congo
16:Congolese politician (1927–2015)
879:Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972).
803:Dictionary of African Biography
1597:Secretary of State for Defence
1549:Secretary of State for Justice
1533:Secretary of State for Finance
1362:Minister of the Middle Classes
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858:. Fourth Estate. p. 320.
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712:. He died on 3 February 2015.
598:Christophe Gbenye was born in
307:Walter Ganshof van der Meersch
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854:Van Reybrouck, David (2014).
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688:RĂ©publique populaire du Congo
680:Comité National de Libération
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253:Lumumba's independence speech
149:Comité National de Libération
1346:Minister of Youth and Sports
1250:Minister of Economic Affairs
1100:Minister Resident in Belgium
1024:Minister of National Defence
745:Villafana, Frank R. (2011).
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451:Mutiny of the Force Publique
144:Mouvement National Congolais
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1298:Minister of Mines and Power
1067:Minister of Foreign Affairs
887:] (in Serbo-Croatian).
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1151:Minister of the Interior
556:Decolonisation of Africa
1218:Minister of Agriculture
471:Stanleyville rebellion
1620:Antoine-Roger Bolamba
1050:Deputy Prime Minister
672:Republic of the Congo
461:South Kasai secession
258:Republic of the Congo
1671:People from Bas-Uélé
1492:Joseph-Désiré Mobutu
1479:Secretaries of State
946:(11 February 2015).
696:Joseph-Désiré Mobutu
670:in the neighbouring
538:Indépendance Cha Cha
76:position established
1169:Minister of Finance
1117:Minister of Justice
653:Victor Nendaka Bika
496:Operation Grandslam
486:Siege of Jadotville
476:Operation Rum Punch
1588:Raphael Batshikama
1429:Charles Kisolokele
1266:Minister of Labour
1001:Lumumba Government
952:The New York Times
604:Orientale Province
506:Kisangani Mutinies
302:August de Schryver
263:Lumumba Government
238:LĂ©opoldville riots
195:Congo-LĂ©opoldville
113:Orientale Province
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1406:Minister of State
1399:Alexandre Mahamba
1305:Edmond Rudahindwa
1159:Christophe Gbenye
865:978-0-00-756291-6
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