1962 in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)

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  • 1960s

The following lists events that happened during 1962 in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).

Incumbent

Events

Date Event
January André Lubaya becomes president of Kasaï Province.[1]
April Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile based in Léopoldville is founded by Holden Roberto of the National Liberation Front of Angola
10 May Kivu Province is broken into the provinces of Maniema, North Kivu and South Kivu.[1]
9 June Barthélemy Mukenge becomes president of Kasaï Province.[1]
2 July Diocese of Mahagi established from the Diocese of Bunia
14 August Équateur province is split into the provinces of Cuvette Centrale, Ubangi, and a centrally administered portion that became Moyen-Congo Province on 5 February 1963.
14 August Province of Congo Central is formed from part of Léopoldville Province.[1]
14 August Kasaï Province is divided into five new provinces: Lomami, Luluabourg, Sankuru, Sud-Kasaï and Unité Kasaïenne.
12 September Samy Badibanga, future prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in Léopoldville.
15 September Laurent Eketebi becomes de facto President of what will become Moyen-Congo Province.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces.

Sources

  • Congo Protestant Council (1959), Zaire Church News, p. 21, retrieved 19 August 2018
  • "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05
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