Marien Ngouabi
president of Congo
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history of Congo
- In Republic of the Congo: Congo since independence
Marien Ngouabi in 1968. Ngouabi maintained a socialist line, renaming the country the People’s Republic of the Congo on December 31, 1969; the Congolese Labour Party (Parti Congolais du Travail; PCT) replaced the MNR as sole ruling party at the same time. Ngouabi was a…
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Sassou-Nguesso
- In Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Marien Ngouabi (1968–77), who appointed him minister of defense in 1975. After Ngouabi was assassinated in 1977, 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…
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