Head of State of South Kasai (first as President, later as Mulopwe/God-king/Emperor)
In office 9 August 1960 – 5 October 1962
Preceded by
Edmond Mukanya Mulenda
Succeeded by
position disestablished
Personal details
Born
(1929-06-06)6 June 1929 Hemptinne (near Luluabourg), Belgian Congo
Died
20 April 2015(2015-04-20) (aged 85) Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Political party
Mouvement National Congolais-Kalonji (MNC-K)
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Independence of Congo-Léopoldville
Independence
Belgian Congo
World War II
Léopoldville riots
Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference
1960 Elections
Lumumba's independence speech
Republic of the Congo
Lumumba Government
Figures
Belgians:
Gaston Eyskens
King Baudouin
August de Schryver
Walter Ganshof van der Meersch
Émile Janssens
Congolese:
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Daniel Kanza
Moise Tshombe
Albert Kalonji
Cléophas Kamitatu
Antoine Gizenga
Paul Bolya
Jean Bolikango
Joseph Iléo
Parties
ABAKO
MNC
CONAKAT
PSA
ABAZI
ASSORECO
UGECO
Congo Crisis
Mutiny of the Force Publique
Katanga secession
South Kasai secession
UN intervention
Stanleyville rebellion
Operation Rum Punch
Niemba Ambush
Siege of Jadotville
Kindu atrocity
Operation Grandslam
Simba Rebellion
Kisangani Mutinies
Miscellaneous and cultural
Évolué
Indépendance Cha Cha
Table Ronde
Year of Africa
Decolonisation of Africa
Albert Kalonji Ditunga (6 June 1929 – 20 April 2015)[1][2] was a Congolese politician best known as the leader of the short-lived secessionist state of South Kasai (Sud-Kasaï) during the Congo Crisis.
^Sando, Kabuya Lumuna (1993). Nord-Katanga 1960-1964: De la sécession à la guerre civile - Le meurtre des chefs. L'Harmattan. p. 196. ISBN 2738412637.
^Décès de M. Albert Kalonji Ditunga Mulopwe Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Agence Congolaise de Presse. 30 May 2015 (in French)
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