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Adoula, Cyrille, 1921-1978

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Personal name headingAdoula, Cyrille, 1921-1978
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Associated countryCongo (Democratic Republic)
Birth date19210913
Death date19780524
Place of birthKinshasa (Congo)
Place of deathLausanne (Switzerland)
AffiliationSaint Joseph Institute in Kinshasa Central Bank of Congo MNC-K party
Fédération Générale du travail de Belgique Mouvement national congolais
Profession or occupationPoliticians Prime ministers Ambassadors
Found inKent, J. America, the UN, and decolonisation, 2010: ECIP galley (Adoula; his govt. was established in Aug. 1961 in the Congo)
Wikipedia, Nov. 4, 2009 (Cyrille Adoula; b. Sept. 13, 1921 in Léopoldville, Congo; d. May 24, 1978 in Lausanne, Switzerland; Congolese politician; premier of Republic of the Congo, from 2 Aug. 1961 until 30 June 1964)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed October 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Adoula, Cyrille; political figure; born 13 September 1921 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; graduated from the Saint Joseph Institute in Kinshasa; worked as a clerk in a series of different commercial firms (1941-1952); hired from Central Bank of Congo to a senior position (1952); joined the Conseil pour le Travail et la Prévoyance, a group of well-educated Congolese calling for limited social services from the government (1948); joined the Belgian Socialist Party (1954); joined the Fédération Générale de Travailleurs Belge (FGTB); attended International Labor Conference, Geneva (1957); was one of the founding members of the Mouvement national congolais (MNC); formed the MNC-K party, which allied with Kasa-Vubu and ABAKO; became minister of the interior (1960) and prime minister (1961); his government lost control over much of eastern and northern Congo (1964); was forced to resign; was an ambassador to the United States and Belgium, and foreign minister (1969-1970); died 24 May 1978 in Lausanne, Switzerland)