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Also Known As Moise-Kapenda Tshombe
Born November 10, 1919
Died June 29, 1969 (aged 49) • Algiers • Algeria
Title / Office prime minister (1964-1965), Democratic Republic of the Congo • president (1960-1963), Katanga

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