Albert Kalonji

Albert Kalonji
Head of State of South Kasai
(first as President, later as Mulopwe/God-king/Emperor)
In office
9 August 1960 – 5 October 1962
Preceded byEdmond Mukanya Mulenda
Succeeded byposition disestablished
Personal details
Born(1929-06-06)6 June 1929
Hemptinne (near Luluabourg), Belgian Congo
Died20 April 2015(2015-04-20) (aged 85)
Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Political partyMouvement National Congolais-Kalonji (MNC-K)

Albert Kalonji Ditunga (6 June 1929 – 20 April 2015)[1][2] was a Congolese politician best known as the leader of the short-lived secessionist state of South Kasai (Sud-Kasaï) during the Congo Crisis.

  1. ^ Sando, Kabuya Lumuna (1993). Nord-Katanga 1960-1964: De la sécession à la guerre civile - Le meurtre des chefs. L'Harmattan. p. 196. ISBN 2738412637.
  2. ^ Décès de M. Albert Kalonji Ditunga Mulopwe Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Agence Congolaise de Presse. 30 May 2015 (in French)

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