Mpinga Kasenda (30 August 1937 – 7 May 1994) was a political figure in

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Mobutu Sese Seko Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic o ...

. Kasenda was the prime minister of Zaire from 1977 to 1979 and the

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from 1993 to 1994. He was killed in a plane crash near the airport in

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Biography

Mpinga Kasenda was born on 30 August 1937 in Tshilomba, Kasaï,

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. He earned a doctorate in political science from

Lovanium University Lovanium University (french: Université Lovanium) was a Catholic Jesuit university in Kinshasa in the Belgian Congo. The university was established in 1954 on the Kimwenza plateau, near Kinshasa. The university continued to function after indepe ...

. On 29 January 1985, at Mobutu's recommendation Kasenda was elected First Vice Chairman of the Central Committee Bureau of the

Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution The Popular Movement of the Revolution (french: Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution, abbr. MPR) was the ruling political party in Zaire (known for part of its existence as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). For most of its existence, it w ...

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* Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1937 births 1994 deaths Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Government ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lovanium University alumni {{DRCongo-politician-stub