Anicet Kashamura (17 December 1928 – 18 August 2004) was a Congolese politician.

Biography

Anicet Kashamura was born in 1928 in the locality of Kalehe in

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. From 1948 to 1956 he worked as an accountant for different agencies of the colonial administration. Afterwards he became a journalist and entered politics. In 1958 he co-founded the ''Centre du Regroupement Africain'' (CEREA) party. Following Congolese independence in 1960, Kashamura became Prime Minister

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's minister of information, until himself and Lumumba were dismissed by President

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on 5 September. After

Laurent-Désiré Kabila Laurent-Désiré Kabila () (27 November 1939 – 18 January 2001) or simply Laurent Kabila ( US: ), was a Congolese revolutionary and politician who was the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassinati ...

seized power in the Congo in May 1997, Kashamura was appointed chairman of a commission charged with drafting a new constitution for the country. He died on 18 August 2004.

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* * * 1928 births 2004 deaths Democratic Republic of the Congo journalists Lumumba Government members People from South Kivu People of the Congo Crisis Governors of Kivu Province 20th-century journalists 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people {{DRCongo-politician-stub