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Joachim Yhombi-Opango

president of Republic of the Congo

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development of Congo

In Republic of the Congo: Congo since independence
Joachim Yhombi-Opango, soon clashed with the PCT, and Col. Denis Sassou-Nguesso replaced Yhombi-Opango in 1979.
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Sassou-Nguesso

In Denis Sassou-Nguesso
…Sassou-Nguesso’s rival within the PCT, Joachim Yhombi-Opango, came to power and appointed Sassou-Nguesso first vice president of the PCT’s military committee. Yhombi-Opango was forced to resign in February 1979, and the following month the PCT appointed Sassou-Nguesso president of the republic and head of the party.
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