Joachim Yhombi-Opango

Joachim Yhombi-Opango
Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
In office
23 June 1993 – 27 August 1996
Preceded byClaude Antoine Dacosta
Succeeded byCharles David Ganao
4th President of the People's Republic of the Congo
In office
4 April 1977 – 5 February 1979
Vice PresidentDenis Sassou-Nguesso
Louis-Sylvain Goma
Preceded byMarien Ngouabi
Succeeded byJean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya
Personal details
Born
Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango

(1939-01-12)12 January 1939
Owando, Cuvette Region, French Equatorial Africa
Died30 March 2020(2020-03-30) (aged 81)
American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Political partyRally for Democracy and Development
SpouseMarie-Noëlle Yhombi-Opango (?–2020; his death)

Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango (12 January 1939 – 30 March 2020) was a Congolese politician. He was an army officer who became Congo-Brazzaville's first general and served as Head of State of the People's Republic of the Congo from 1977 to 1979. He was the President of the Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD), a political party, and served as Prime Minister from 1993 to 1996. He was in exile from 1997 to 2007.


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