Professor Pascal Lissouba (born November 15, 1931) was President of the Republic of the Congo from August 31, 1992 to October 15, 1997. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo Kongo: Repubilika ya Kongo; Lingala: Republiki ya Kongó) also known as Congo-Brazzaville Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
He was born in Tsinguidi, south-west Congo, a Banzabi. He gained his education at the Lycee Felix Faure in Nice (1948-52), the École Supérieure d'Agriculture in Tunis and the University of Paris (1958-61). Nice (nis Niçard Occitan: Niça norm or Nissa, Italian: Nizza or Nizza Marittima, Greek Tunis ( Arabic: تونس Tūnis) is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century
Initially he was a civil servant, working in the Department of Agriculture (1961-63). But his abilities brought him to become Minister of Agriculture (1963-66) and then Prime Minister (1963-66) under President Alphonse Massamba-Débat. Alphonse Massamba-Debat (1921 – March 25, 1977, Brazzaville) was a Political figure of the Republic of the Congo who led the country When Massamba-Débat was overthrown in 1968 Lissouba remained in government under Marien Ngouabi and although he was suspended from political activity from 1969 to 1971 he was on the Central Committee of the Congolese Workers Party in 1973. Marien Ngouabi (or N'Gouabi) ( December 31, 1938 – March 18, 1977) was the military President of the Republic of the Congo He was arrested and acquitted of involvement in a failed coup in 1973, but was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for involvement in the assassination of Ngouabi in 1977, avoiding the death penalty meted out to Massamba-Débat. He was released in 1979 but had to live in exile in France from 1979 to 1990. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In France he was a professor at the University of Paris and then worked for UNESCO in Paris and Nairobi. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 Nairobi (naɪˈroʊbɪ is the capital and largest city of Kenya. When President Denis Sassou-Nguesso was forced to moved the Congo towards democracy in 1991 Lissouba returned and was elected President in the August 1992 elections. Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 1943 has been the President of the Republic of the Congo since 1997 he was previously President from 1979 to 1992 He secured 36% of the vote as head of the left-wing UDAPS (Union panafricaine pour la démocratie sociale, Pan-African Union for Social Democracy). The Pan-African Union for Social Democracy ( Union Panafricaine pour la Démocratie Sociale) is a Political party in the Republic of the Congo, led by former In the run-off with second placed Bernard Kolelas, Lissouba got 61% of the votes. Bernard Kolélas (born 12 June 1933) is a politician in the Republic of the Congo and the President of the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Kolelas was appointed mayor of Brazzaville to placate his supporters.
However conflict soon broke out in 1993 when a coalition of opposition groups and their militias accused Lissouba of rigging the elections. Widespread civil war was averted when Gabon and the Organisation of African Unity intervened, but sporadic fighting continued until January 1995. Gabon (gəˈbɒn or /gaˈbõ/ in French) is a country in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Republic The Organisation of African Unity ( OAU) or Organisation de l'Unité Africaine ( OUA) was established on 25 May 1963. However, there was still strong armed support for Sassou-Nguesso. Fighting broke out again in June 1997 when Lissouba tried to disarm militias loyal to Sassou-Nguesso. After a nineteen week struggle, Sassou-Nguesso, aided by the Angolan Army, proclaimed himself President on October 25, 1997, and Lissouba was driven out. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Militia forces loyal to Lissouba continued a guerrilla war, the vital Congo-Ocean Railway from the coastal city of Pointe-Noire was cut, and Brazzaville was heavily damaged before a cease-fire was agreed in December 1999. Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc The Congo-Ocean Railway (COR or CFCO links the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noire (now in the Republic of Congo) with Brazzaville, a distance of 502 kilometres Pointe-Noire is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, and a district in the Kouilou province
Lissouba was intending to return to the Congo for the 2002 elections, but in December 2001 he was put on trial in Brazzaville, in absentia, charged with high treason and embezzlement. See also Treason, High treason in the United Kingdom High treason is criminal disloyalty to one's country Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets usually financial in nature by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted Lissouba currently lives in exile in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
| Preceded by Denis Sassou-Nguesso |
President of the Republic of the Congo 1992–1997 |
Succeeded by Denis Sassou-Nguesso |
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