Christophe Gbenye

Christophe Gbenye
President of the People's Republic of the Congo
In office
5 September 1964 – c. 1965
Minister of the Interior of Congo-Léopoldville
In office
30 June 1960 – September 1960
PresidentJoseph Kasa-Vubu
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byCyrille Adoula
In office
2 August 1961 – 13 February 1962
Vice-Prime Minister of Congo-Léopoldville
In office
February 1962 – July 1962
PresidentJoseph Kasa-Vubu
Personal details
Born1927
Bagbe, Bas-Uélé District, Orientale Province, Belgian Congo
(now Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Died3 February 2015 (aged 88)
PartyMouvement National Congolais
Conseil National de Libération

Christophe Gbenye (c. 1927 – 3 February 2015) was a Congolese politician, trade unionist, and rebel who, along with Gaston Soumialot, led the Simba rebellion, an anti-government insurrection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Congo Crisis, between 1964 and 1965.

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