Gizenga, Antoine, 1925-

LC control no.	n 2008028492
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Gizenga, Antoine, 1925- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Congo (Democratic Republic)
Birth date	1925-10-05
Place of birth	Congo (Democratic Republic)
Place of death	Congo (Democratic Republic)
Affiliation	Grand Séminaire de Mayidi Catholic Church Parti solidaire africain (Congo) Parti lumumbiste unifié (Congo (Democratic Republic))
Profession or occupation	Priests Politicians
Found in	Mpisi, Jean. Antoine Gizenga, 2007: t.p. (Antoine Gizenga) LC database, 2008-4-18: (hdg.: Gizenga, Antoine, 1925- ) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gizenga, Antoine; political figure; born 05 October 1925 in Mbanza, Democratic Republic of the Congo; studied Thomist philosophy at the Mayidi seminary in the western Bas-Congo region; ordained a Catholic priest in 1947 and ran a parish in his home Kwilu region; joined the openly leftist Parti Solidaire Africain (PSA), founded by the radical Pierre Mulele (1958); refused to accept Kasa-Vubu's government in Kinshasa and formed a counter-government in Kisangani, the largest city in eastern Congo (1961); in the moderate Kinshasa-based regime of Cyrille Adoula; forced to step down from position as vice prime minister by the Congolese parliament (1962); sentenced to prison (1962-1964); fled to the neighboring Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) after Mobutu definitively took power in a coup (1965); earned respect as one of few Congolese politicians to stay clear of Mobutu and continued affiliation with Parti Lumumbiste Unifié (PALU) (1990's); died in Democratic Republic of the Congo)