Christophe Gbenye information

Christophe Gbenye (c. 1927 – 3 February 2015) was a Congolese politician, trade unionist, and rebel who, along with Gaston Soumialot, led the Simba rebellion...

of politicians who had supported Lumumba such as Antoine Gizenga, Christophe Gbenye, and Gaston Soumialot. In 1961, this change in power led Antoine Gizenga...

(République populaire du Congo), with its capital at Stanleyville and Christophe Gbenye as president. The new state was supported by the Soviet Union and...

party congress in Stanleyville to replace Lumumba as party president. Christophe Gbenye was elected to lead it, but leadership disputes continued to plague...

Antoine Gizenga, Minister of Justice Rémy Mwamba, Minister of Interior Christophe Gbenye, Minister of Information Anicet Kashamura, Secretary of State Antoine-Roger...

of the city proclaimed the "People's Republic of the Congo", with Christophe Gbenye as its President. Died: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 74, American Communist...

join him, including Joseph Mbuyi, Maurice Mpolo, Anicet Kashamura, Christophe Gbenye, Pierre Mulele (former ministers in Lumumba's government), Joseph...

deeds; they will throw him out of Iran." As the Congo Crisis deepened, Christophe Gbenye offered to negotiate for the safe passage of white settlers (60 Americans...

ex-politicians named the National Committee of Liberation. Headed by Christophe Gbenye, a former Deputy Premier, the group's aim was to "free the Congo of...

against the government. They were led by Mulele, Gaston Soumialot and Christophe Gbenye, former members of Antoine Gizenga's Parti Solidaire Africain (PSA)...

January 1965. In late 1964 the Ugandan government offered covert aid to Christophe Gbenye, who was leading a rebellion in the eastern portion of the Democratic...

and leaders Charles Laurent Frédéric Vandewalle Burgess Gradwell Christophe Gbenye Pierre Mulele Strength 350 paratroopers 5 C-130 aircraft 128 Special...

of his staff members were shot. Under the unstable leadership of Christophe Gbenye, the rebels accused Carlson of being an American spy and took him...

Minister-Delegate to the United Nations Thomas Kanza Minister of the Interior Christophe Gbenye (MNC-L) Minister of Finance Pascal Nkayi (ABAKO) Minister of Economic...

government. They were led by Pierre Mulele, Gaston Soumialot and Christophe Gbenye who were former members of Gizenga's Parti Solidaire Africain (PSA)...

December 1961, Kalonji was accused by another deputy, the communist Christophe Gbenye, of having ordered corporal punishment against a political prisoner...

Minister-Delegate to the United Nations Thomas Kanza Minister of the Interior Christophe Gbenye (MNC-L) Minister of Finance Pascal Nkayi (ABAKO) Minister of Economic...

as the ones of Gaston Soumialot and Christophe Gbenye had been largely defeated. Regardless, Soumialot and Gbenye continued to pose as the insurgency's...

player and coach. Osamu Tsurumine, 73, Japanese Olympic swimmer. Christophe Gbenye, 87, Congolese rebel leader. Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, British historian...

Director, was a key member. On 13 December 1961, Minister of Interior Christophe Gbenye attempted to assert his control over the Sûreté; his cabinet released...

Joseph Kasa-Vubu Deputy Jason Sendwe Antoine Gizenga Jean Bolikango Christophe Gbenye Joseph Kasongo Preceded by Joseph Iléo Succeeded by Moise Tshombe...

same month the MNC central committee, under the control of radical Christophe Gbenye, ejected Kasongo from the party. Kasongo subsequently formed his own...

office in consultation with General Lundula, Minister of Interior Christophe Gbenye, Minister of State Georges Grenfell, and Secretary of State to the...

Tshombe. Obote arranged for meetings with Congolese rebel leaders Christophe Gbenye and Nicholas Olenga to offer them covert aid. Lasting from December...

parliamentary opposition and, by August, was working with Rémy Mwamba and Christophe Gbenye (both ex-ministers also dismissed from Adoula's government) to try...

he had no information to share. Lundula and Minister of Interior Christophe Gbenye submitted a formal report on the incident. The UN reinforced its garrison...