Kasavubu

[ kas-uh-voo-boo, kah-sah- ]

noun

1. Joseph, 1917?–69, African political leader: first president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (now Zaire) 1960–65.

Example Sentences

Joseph Kasavubu became president following the 1960 election, held a month before independence, and Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister.

From BBC

“Tribal chiefs, heads of unions, and the like. They say it was a pretty motley assembly. Joseph Kasavubu wavered between boycotting and trying to run the show. Lumumba got out of jail just for the occasion. They settled on a parliamentary system of government. Elections will be mid-May. Independence day, June thirtieth.”

From Literature

African names roll apart like the heads of dried flowers crushed idly between thumb and forefinger—Ngoma, Mukenge, Mulele, Kasavubu, Lumumba.

From Literature

Since the ousting of President Joseph Kasavubu in 1965, Mobutu has managed to create a genuine nation in Za�re, even though its 24 million people are fractured into 100 tribes, speak dozens of dialects, and are spread over 895,000 square miles, much of it primitive jungle.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the while, President Joseph Kasavubu has neatly managed to hold onto the nation's highest office � primarily by nudging aside everyone who could have taken it away from him.

From Time Magazine Archive