État du Katanga | ||||
Break-away state of Congo (Léopoldville) | ||||
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Motto Force, espoir et Paix dans la Prosperite Power, Hope and Peace in Prosperity | ||||
Anthem La Katangaise | ||||
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Capital | Élisabethville | |||
Government | Republic | |||
President | ||||
- 1960-1963 | Moise Tshombe | |||
History | ||||
- June 30, 19600 | Congolese independence | |||
- July 11, 1960 | Secession | |||
- January 15, 1963 | Defeated | |||
Currency | Katangese franc | |||
Congo (Léopoldville) | Congo (Léopoldville) | |||
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The State of Katanga (1960-1963) was a break-away state of the Republic of the Congo, in Middle Africa.
President
- Moise Tshombe (₩) (June 16, 1960 - January 12, 1963)
Nation
- Congo (Congo Crisis)
Congo Crisis
- Republic of the Congo (1960-1964)
- Republic of the Congo: Stanleyville Government (1960-1961)
- Autonomous State of South Kasai (1960-1961)
- People's Republic of the Congo: Stanleyville Government (1964-1965)
References
- Zaire: a country study (Library of Congress)
- World Statesmen.org
- Wikipedia