Jacques Opangault (13 December 1907 – 20 August 1978) was a Congolese politician. The founder of the '' Mouvement Socialiste Africain'' (MSA; ), he competed with Félix Tchicaya's ''Parti Progressiste Congolais'' (PPC; ) during two-party rule in Congo during the 1950s.

Life

He was born on 13 December 1907, in Ikagna. In 1947, he was elected to the Territorial Assembly. In 1957, he was prime minister of the provisional government. In 1959, he was jailed after riots in

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. From June 1961 to April 1962, he was

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Fulbert Youlou Fulbert Youlou (19 July 1917 – 6 May 1972) was a Republic of the Congo, Congolese Nationalism, nationalist leader and former Catholic Church, Catholic priest who became the first President of the Republic of the Congo upon its independence in ...

. In 1963, he was arrested, after the fall of his government. He retired from politics. He died on 20 August 1978.

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1907 births 1978 deaths Prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo Vice presidents of the Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo socialists People of French Equatorial Africa People from Likouala Department Library of Congress Africa Collection related 20th-century Republic of the Congo politicians {{RCongo-politician-stub